# परम्परा (paramparā)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/parampara

परम्परा (paramparā) is a Sanskrit word meaning lineage, progeny, hurting or killing, by tradition, indirectly. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Adverbial: By Tradition, Indirectly, Hurting, Killing, Lineage, Progeny.

- **SLP1:** `paramparA`  **IAST:** paramparā  **Devanagari:** परम्परा
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/parampara/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Adverbial: By Tradition, Indirectly (1 definition)
- by tradition, indirectly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3C) [Printed book page 587,1] पर (para) — म् - पर (para) या (—m-parayā) ind., by tradition, indirectly [ ID=116234.1 ]

### Hurting, Killing (1 definition)
- hurting or killing  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > hurting, killing, L. [ ID=116234 ]

### Lineage, Progeny (1 definition)
- lineage, progeny  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > lineage, progeny, L. [ ID=116233 ]

### Sequence, Succession, Tradition (1 definition)
- an uninterrupted row, series, order, succession, continuation, or tradition  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 587,1] पर (para) — म् - पर (para) ा (—m-parā) f. an uninterrupted row or series, order, succession, continuation, mediation, tradition ( ° रया (°rayā) ind. by tradition, indirectly), MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=116232 ]

## Sources

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

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