pAramI · feminine
pāramī , see pārami .
completeness; perfection
Pāramī (feminine) [abstract from parama, cf. BHS mantrāṇāṃ pāramiṃ gata Divy 637] completeness, perfection, highest state Snp 1018, 1020; Pp 70; Dhp-a I 5; Vv-a 2 (sāvakañāṇa°); Pv-a 139; Saddh 328. In later literature there is mentioned a group of 10 perfections (dasa pāramiyo) as the perfect exercise of the 10 principal virtues by a Bodhisatta, viz. dāna°, sīla°, nekkhamma°, paññā°, viriya°, khanti°, sacca°, adhiṭṭhāna°, mettā°, upekhā° Ja I 73; Dhp-a I 84. -ppatta (pārami°) having attained perfection M III 28; Nidd II §435; Miln 21 22; cf. Q.K.M. I 34.
(fem, fem, abstr, from parama) fulfilment; perfection; transcendental virtue; ultimate state completeness, perfection [lit.] furthest Construction: para > pāra + ma + *ī parama + *ī