Ara · āra 2 · āra 1
āra , nt. , the hither or nearer side or part , in contrast to pāra: Mvy 2662 = Tib. tshu rol , this side ( 2663 pāraṃ); ŚsP 1360.9 (kasyacid dharmasyotpādaṃ vā nirodhaṃ vā …) āraṃ vā pāraṃ vopalabhate. ( Cf. AMg. āra, nt. , this world, this life, this existence . Doubtless the stem from which is derived the Skt. adverb ārāt near , see Edgerton, Mīmāṃsā Nyāya Prakāśa, Gloss. Ind. s.v. ārād-upakāraka.)
【陽】針。~gga,【中】針或錐子的尖端。~patha,【陽】針路徑。
(suffix, suffix) (gram) āra; causative suffix added to nouns
(masc, masc) needle