# पारमिता (pāramitā)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `pAramitA`  **IAST:** pāramitā  **Devanagari:** पारमिता
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81ramit%C4%81
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/paramita/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पारमित (pāramita)

## Meanings by context

### Perfection, Transcendence, or Attainment (Pāramitā) (4 definitions)
- transcendent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > transcendent (as spiritual knowledge), Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=122431 ]
- complete attainment or perfection  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]
- transcendental virtue  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Reaching the further shore or complete attainment. 2. Perfection in.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]

### Literal Crossing or Traversing (2 definitions)
- gone to the opposite shore  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 619,3] पार (pāra) — म् - इत (—m-ita) a mfn. gone to the opposite shore [ ID=122429 ]
- crossed, traversed  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > crossed, traversed [ ID=122430 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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