Parana, Pāraṇa: 18 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Pāraṇa (पारण).—Trayārṣeyaṣ: no marriage alliances with Paurṇamāsa and Agastya.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 202. 4.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Pāraṇa (पारण).—The same as पारायण (pārāyaṇa), recital of the Veda in any of the various artificial ways prescribed, such as krama, jatā, ghana etc., cf ऋते न च द्वैपदसंहृितास्वरौ प्रसिध्यतः पारणकर्म चोत्तमम् (ṛte na ca dvaipadasaṃhṛिtāsvarau prasidhyataḥ pāraṇakarma cottamam) R.Pr.XI.37.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Kavya (poetry)
Pāraṇa (पारण) refers to “swallowing”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 22.150.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
pāraṇa (पारण).—n (S) pāraṇā f (S) pop. pāraṇēṃ n Breaking of a fast. 2 fig. Feasting. Ex. jhālī pāraṇā jaḷa- carāñcī ||. pāraṇēṃ phēḍaṇēṃ (or phiṭaṇēṃ) To gratify (or to be gratified) some longing or ardent desire.
pāraṇa (पारण).—n pāraṇa f pop. pāraṇēṃ n Breaking of a fast. Fig. Feasting. pāraṇēṃ phēḍaṇēṃ (or phiṭaṇēṃ) To gratify (or to be grati- fied) some longing or ardent desire.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Pāraṇa (पारण).—a. [pṝ bhāve lyuṭ]
1) Carrying across, bringing over.
2) Saving, delivering.
-ṇaḥ 1 A cloud.
2) Satisfaction
-ṇam 1 Accomplishing, fulfilling; व्यव- सितपारणमाशशंसिरेऽस्मै (vyava- sitapāraṇamāśaśaṃsire'smai) Bu. Ch.5.85; व्याघ्रस्य चोपवासेन पारणं पशुमारणम् (vyāghrasya copavāsena pāraṇaṃ paśumāraṇam) Udb.
2) Reading through, perusal.
3) Eating after a fast, concluding a fast.
4) The complete text of a book.
5) Swallowing; स्वर्भानुप्रतिवार- पारणमिलद्दन्तौघ (svarbhānuprativāra- pāraṇamiladdantaugha) ...... द्युतिः (dyutiḥ) N.22.15.
-ṇā 1 Eating after a fast, concluding a fast; कारय चक्षुषी पारणाम् (kāraya cakṣuṣī pāraṇām) Vb.1; R.2.39,55,7.
2) Eating (in general); बभूव तस्याः किल पारणाविधिः (babhūva tasyāḥ kila pāraṇāvidhiḥ) Kumārasambhava 5.22. (abhyavahārakarma Malli.).
Pāraṇa (पारण).—m.
(-ṇaḥ) 1. A cloud. nf.
(-ṇaṃ-ṇā) 1. Eating or drinking after a fast, breaking a fast. 2. Satisfying, satisfaction. 3. Accomplishing. 4. Reading through. 5. Carrying across. 6. Saving. E. pa to satisfy, aff. lyuṭ.
Pāraṇa (पारण).—i. e. pṛ10 + ana, I. adj. Saving, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 7941. Ii. n. 1. Fulfilling, Mahābhārata 7, 2907. 2. Reading, studying, Mahābhārata 18, 212. Iii. n. and f. ṇā, 1. with and without vrata, Concluding a fast, eating or drinking after a fast, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 21, 146. 2. Breakfast, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 23, 44.
Pāraṇa (पारण).—[adjective] carrying over, rescuing. —[neuter] fulfilling, accomplishing; ending, [especially] a fast, i.e. breakfast; reading through, perusal, study (also [feminine] ā).
1) Paraṇa (परण):—mfn. (√1. pṛ) crossing (cf. aritra-)
2) n. [wrong reading] for pāraṇa, reading, [Harivaṃśa]
3) Name of a town, [Catalogue(s)]
4) Parāṇa (पराण):—[from parāṇ] n. (with vāyoḥ) Name of a Sāman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Pāraṇa (पारण):—[from pāra] a mfn. bringing over, delivering, [Harivaṃśa]
6) [v.s. ...] m. a could (as ‘crossing’, sc. the sky), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] n. carrying through, accomplishing, fulfilling, [Mahābhārata]
8) [v.s. ...] conclusion ([especially] of a fast, with or sc. vrata-)
9) [v.s. ...] n. eating and drinking after a fast, breakfast (also f(ā). ), [Kāvya literature; Purāṇa; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
10) [v.s. ...] n. satisfaction, pleasure, enjoyment (also, f(ā). ), [Raghuvaṃśa; Bālarāmāyaṇa]
11) [v.s. ...] n. going through, reading, perusal (also f(ā). and ṇa-karman, n.), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
12) [v.s. ...] n. completeness, the full text, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) [v.s. ...]
14) b ṇīya See under 1. pāra, p. 619, col. 3.
Pāraṇa (पारण):—(ṇaḥ) 1. m. A cloud. n. f. (ṇā-ṇaṃ) Breaking a fast; satisfying.
Paraṇa (परण):—
1) adj. (von 2. par) übersetzend; s. aritra . —
2) n. a) das Durchlesen, falsche Form für pāraṇa [Harivaṃśa 16173.] — b) Nomen proprium einer Stadt [Oxforder Handschriften No. 285.]
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Parāṇa (पराण):—(wie eben) n. vāyoḥ parāṇam Name eines Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,222,b.]
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Pāraṇa (पारण):—1. (vom caus. von 2. par)
1) adj. hinüberschaffend, errettend: tāraṇāṃ (lies tāraṇaṃ) pāraṇaṃ caiva tadvratam [Harivaṃśa 7941.] —
2) n. a) das zu-Ende-führen, Vollbringen, Erfüllen: pratijñāyāḥ pāraṇam [Mahābhārata 7, 2907.] pratijñā [2834.] vrata das Beschliessen des Gelübdes der Fasten, Fastenbrechen, der erste Genuss von Speise nach vorangegangenen Fasten, breakfast, déjeuner, Frühmahl [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 70.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 12.] baddhotsavau vidadhaturvratapāraṇāni [21, 146.] cakāra ṇam [42, 60. 43, 147.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 280.] ambhasā kevalenātha kariṣye ṇam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 4, 40.] ohne vrata dass. [35. 38. 39.] sa prabuddhaḥ kṛtapāraṇaḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 23, 44. 35, 108. 36, 19. 37, 93. 95.] cakre tadyuktaḥ prātarvanyena pāraṇam [42, 121.] f. pāraṇā dass. [Prabodhacandrodaja 54, 2.] ayācitopasthitamambu kevalam babhūva tasyāḥ kila pāraṇāvidhiḥ [Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 22.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 55.] śoṇita ein Frühmahl in Blut 39. — b) das Durchlesen, Lesen, Studiren (vgl. pārāyaṇa): karman die Handlung des Lesens [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 11, 37.] [Mahābhārata 18, 212. 234. 236. 238] [?(= Harivaṃśa 16140. 16164. 16166. 16168).] vidyānām [3, 13784. 12, 8583.] catuṣpāraṇameteṣām [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 253, 5.] pāraṇā 4. — c) der vollständige Text [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 253, 21. 256, 7.] — Vgl. su .
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Pāraṇa (पारण):—2. m. Wolke [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
Paraṇa (परण):——
1) Adj. übersetzend in aritraparaṇa —
2) n. — a) Nom. Act. [Harivaṃśa 16173.] fehlerhaft für pāraṇa. — b) Nomen proprium einer Stadt.
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Pāraṇa (पारण):—1. —
1) Adj. hinüberschaffend , errettend. —
2) n. — a) das zu Ende führen , vollbringen , Erfüllen. — b) das Beschliessen des Gelübdes der Fasten , Fastenbrechen , der erste Genuss von Speise nach vorangegangenem Fasten , breakfast , dejeuner , Frühmahl. kāraya cakṣaṣī ṇam so v.a. gewähre den Augen den Genuss [Bālarāmāyaṇa 273,17.299,8.] auch f. ā , śoṇitāparaṇā ein Frühmahl in Blut. — c) das Durchstudiren , Durchlesen , Lesen. Auch f. ā — d) der vollständige Text.
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Pāraṇa (पारण):—2. m. Wolke.
Pāraṇa (पारण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pāraṇa, Pāraṇaga, Pāraṇaya, Pāraṇā.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Pāraṇa (पारण) [Also spelled paran]:—(nm) the first meal taken after a fast; passage; —[karanā] to take the first meal after a fast; to pass.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Pāraṇa (पारण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pāraṇa.
Pāraṇa has the following synonyms: Pāraṇaga, Pāraṇaya.
2) Pāraṇā (पारणा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Pāraṇā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Paraṇa (ಪರಣ):—
1) [noun] over-bearing pride; insolent display of superiority and self-importance; arrogance; insolence; disdain.
2) [noun] disdainful words or speech.
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Paraṇa (ಪರಣ):—
1) [noun] the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in living beings, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the soul.
2) [noun] (fig.) a most dearest person.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Pāraṇā (पारणा):—[pāraṇa / pāraṇā] n. 1. eating and drinking after a fast; 2. satisfaction; gratification; 3. completion; ending; accomplishment; 4. reading or reciting;
2) Pāraṇa (पारण):—[pāraṇa / pāraṇā] n. 1. eating and drinking after a fast; 2. satisfaction; gratification; 3. completion; ending; accomplishment; 4. reading or reciting;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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