transcendent
transcendent (as spiritual knowledge), Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ID=122431]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
पारमिताpāramitā
पारमिता (pāramitā) is a Sanskrit word meaning gone to the opposite shore, crossed, traversed, transcendent, complete attainment or perfection, reaching the further shore or complete attainment, perfection in. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Perfection, Transcendence, or Attainment (Pāramitā), Literal Crossing or Traversing.
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Perfection, Transcendence, or Attainment (Pāramitā)
4 definitions
complete attainment or perfection
(H3B) [Printed book page 619,3]
पार (pāra)—म्-इता (—m-itā) (आ (ā)), f. (for °त-ता (°ta-tā)?) coming or leading to the opp° sh°, complete attainment, perfection in (comp.) [ID=122432]
पार (pāra)—म्-इता (—m-itā) (आ (ā)), f. (for °त-ता (°ta-tā)?) coming or leading to the opp° sh°, complete attainment, perfection in (comp.) [ID=122432]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
transcendental virtue
transcendental virtue (there are 6 or 10, viz. दान्त (dānta), शील (śīla), क्षा (kṣā)न्ति (kṣānti), वीर्य (vīrya), ध्यान (dhyāna), प्रज्ञा (prajñā), to which are sometimes added सत्य (satya), अधिष्ठान (adhiṣṭhāna), मैत्र (maitra), उपे (upe)क्षा (kṣā)), Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 128 (cf. Dharmasaṃgraha (Title) xvii , xviii ). [ID=122433]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Reaching the further shore or complete attainment. 2. Perfection in.
पारमिता (pāramitā) [Printed book page 161-1]
पारमिता (pāramitā) pāram-i-tā, f. reaching the further
shore, complete attainment (of a virtue); (—°)
perfection in (B.). [ID=11514]
पारमिता (pāramitā) pāram-i-tā, f. reaching the further
shore, complete attainment (of a virtue); (—°)
perfection in (B.). [ID=11514]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Literal Crossing or Traversing
2 definitions
gone to the opposite shore
(H3) [Printed book page 619,3]
पार (pāra)—म्-इत (—m-ita) a mfn. gone to the opposite shore [ID=122429]
पार (pāra)—म्-इत (—m-ita) a mfn. gone to the opposite shore [ID=122429]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
crossed, traversed
crossed, traversed [ID=122430]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 2 works: Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.