පාරමිතාව, n. crossing over, attainment; sp. the complete performance of B. ordinances as a prerequisite to Buddhaship. The following are the ten chief පාරමිතා, viz. දාන, ශීල, නිෂ්ක්රම, ප්රඥා, විර්ය්ය, ක්ෂාන්ති, සත්ය, අධිෂ්ඨාන, Previous page Next page Back to the Search Page | Back to the DDSA Page Charles Carter: A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Previous page Next page -- 378 -- මෛත්රි, උපේක්ෂා, See each one in its place, දානපාරමිතාව &c. Each one of these, expressing the observance generally, is subdivided into උප, secondary, and පරමාර්ථ, paramount or supreme: expressing an inferior or pre-eminent observance of the duty, as දානෝපපාරමිතාව, referring to gifts of secondary or inferior kind, such as gold, silver &c., and දානපරමාර්ථ පාරමිතාව, to gifts of the highest kind, such as wife, children, one's own body &c. These make in all සමත්රිංශත් පාරමිතා, viz. a total of thirty පාරමිතා.
