para
पर parāThe supreme level; the highest of the graded levels of speech and reality (para, parapara, apara) in the Trika and Srividya schemes.
Where this term appears
- The Pāñcarātra Saṃhitās Lineages
…a second scheme, the five modes in which God makes himself available: para , the transcendent; vyūha , the emanations just described; vibhava , the incarnations, the avatars who descend into history; antaryāmin…
- What is the Sri Yantra? Lineages
Bhaskararaya, writing in the eighteenth century, sets out the doctrine: there are three forms of deity, physical ( sthula ), subtle ( sukshma ) and supreme ( para ).
- What is bhakti? Essentials
… Olivelle more cautiously in "the last few centuries BCE." yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakashante mahatmanah Max Müller's translation, from the Sacred Books of the…
- What is Kashmir Shaivism? Philosophy
The name comes from the triads the system loves: the three goddesses Para, Parapara, and Apara; the three energies of will, knowledge, and action; the three levels of self from the individual to the absolute.
- What is the Hanuman Chalisa? Worship
juga sahasra jojana para bhanu, lilyo tahi madhura phala janu : The sun, a thousand yuga -yojanas away, you swallowed, taking it for a sweet fruit.
- Who is the Goddess? Deities
…भूव ॥ aham eva vāta iva pra vāmy ārabhamāṇā bhuvanāni viśvā paro divā para enā pṛthivyaitāvatī mahinā saṃ babhūva "I breathe a strong breath like the wind and tempest, the while I hold together all existence." …
- Mantroddhara: the key printed above the lock Lineages
The lines come from the Parātriṃśikā , whose title names thirty verses on the Supreme, a short Trika scripture that travels with his long commentary, the Vivaraṇa .
- Nyasa As Architecture Treatise
Balasamputita - sandwiched between the Bala mantras. Parasamputita - sandwiched between the Para mantras.