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.

ලෝකය n. the world, ලොව; pl. worlds in general or the three portions into which the Universe is supposed to be divided, viz. earth, heaven and hell, the two latter being subdivided into various heavens and hells, see තුන්ලොව.