Pāli Dictionary

parāmaṭṭha

parāprefixmasroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mas1touch; rub

Antonyms

aparāmaṭṭha

general

  • grasped; clung to; held tightly

doctrine

  • misapprehended; wrongly grasped; dogmatically clung to

paramattha

approximate

paramaprefixatthastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • the ultimate goal; the highest truth; ultimate reality (as opposed to conventional truth)

  • AN 10.29

    santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā param'atthavisuddhiṃ paññāpenti. etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, param'atthavisuddhiṃ paññāpentānaṃ yadidaṃ sabbaso ākiñcaññ'āyatanaṃ samatikkamma n'evasaññān'āsaññ'āyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 6

paraṃaṭṭhā
  1. paraṃ

    after; beyond; further; on the other side of

  2. aṭṭhāaṭṭha

    eight; the number eight

paramaṭṭhā
  1. para

    other; another; someone else; alien, foreign

  2. maṭṭhāmaṭṭha

    well prepared; smooth; clean

paramaiṭṭhā
  1. parama

    highest; supreme; best; most excellent

  2. iṭṭhāiṭṭha

    pleasing; agreeable; desirable; cherished; (as noun) what is pleasant, happiness, pleasure

paramāaṭṭhā
  1. paramāparama

    highest; supreme; best; most excellent

  2. aṭṭhāaṭṭha

    eight; the number eight

parāmatthā
  1. parāpara

    other; another; someone else; alien, foreign

  2. matthāmattha

    the head (chiefly in compounds, e.g. matthaluṅga ‘brain’)

parāatthā
  1. parāpara

    other; another; someone else; alien, foreign

  2. atthāattha

    needing; wanting; seeking; desiring

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