Pāli Dictionary

parakkama

parāprefixkamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kam1go

Synonyms

uyyāma

doctrine

  • continued effort; striving; exertion; perseverance

  • AN 8.30

    thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu

  • SN 12.22

    yaṃ taṃ purisathāmena purisavīriyena purisaparakkamena pattabbaṃ na taṃ apāpuṇitvā vīriyassa saṇṭhānaṃ bhavissatī'ti

parakkamati

parāprefixkamrootasuffix

via inflected form parakkama · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

kam1go

Synonyms

vāyamati, ārabhati, padahati, ghaṭati, yuñjati, ghaṭeti, parisakkati

ethics

  • makes an effort, strives; exerts oneself, endeavours; shows courage

  • SN 2.8

    kayirā ce kayirāth'enaṃ, daḷham'enaṃ parakkame, sithilo hi paribbājo, bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ.

general

  • advances, goes forward (with an undertaking)

  • SN 2.22

    paṭikacc'eva taṃ kayirā, yaṃ jaññā hitam'attano, na sākaṭikacintāya, mantā dhīro parakkame.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

parakāma
  1. para

    other; another; someone else; alien, foreign

  2. kāma

    sense desire; sensual pleasure; lust; the objects of sensual pleasure (the five cords of sensuality)

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Parakkama
Person

  • A Paṇḍyan king, probably son of Vikkamapaṇḍu, who ruled Sri Lanka for two years before being slain by the Coḷā.

Parakkama2
Person

  • A Paṇḍu king of Madhurā who, when attacked by Kulasekhara, appealed to Parakkamabāhu I of Sri Lanka for aid; the relief army arrived too late, and he was slain along with his family, though his youngest son Vīrapaṇḍu escaped.

Parakkama3
Person

  • The general and minister who secured Queen Līlāvatī’s accession, patron of learning at whose request the Dāṭhāvaṃsa was written, and who was apparently slain by the Paṇḍu king Parakkama (4).

Parakkama4
Person

  • A Paṇḍu king who deposed Queen Līlāvatī and seized the Sri Lankan throne at Pulatthinagara, but was captured by Māgha and tortured to death.

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