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parañca
para
pronoun and adjective; parañca is nominative/accusative singular neuter + sandhi particle ca
- para (pron): other; another (person)
- para (adj): next (world); next (life); after (life)
- para (adj): (gram) next; following; last; after
- para (adj): foreign; alien; not oneself
- para (masc): (gram) next letter; following vowel
- para (adj): engrossed in; given to; aiming for
- para (adj): higher; greater; more (than)
- parañca (sandhi): and the next; and the one after
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Built from
- para — root · other, beyond
From Indo-European *per- 'to pass through, go beyond', seen in English 'far', 'fare', and Latin 'per-'. The image is of crossing a boundary—what lies on the far side becomes 'the other'.
- ṃ — ending · nominative/accusative singular neuter
The -ṃ ending on nominative neuter para marks the form as substantive (used as a noun meaning 'the other thing/person').
- ca — prefix · and (coordinating particle)
The enclitic copulative particle ca 'and' links para to a preceding term, meaning 'and the other' or 'and the next'.
Analysis. paraṃ + ca: 'and the other/next one'; the neuter singular nominative para is used substantively and joined by the coordinating particle ca.
Etymology. Sanskrit para-, from the root pṛ 'to carry, go beyond'; cognate with English 'far' and Latin 'prae' (before, forth). The sense 'other' develops from 'that which goes beyond, lies further'—what lies on the other side of a boundary.