apara

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. (treated as a pronoun in some senses) 1 Having nothing high- er or superior, unrivalled, matchless; without a rival or second (nāsti paro [Page0108-c+ 57] yasmāt); strīratnasṛṣṭiraparā pratibhāti sāme Ś. 2. 9; cf. anuttama, anuttara. --2 [na pṛṇāti saṃtoṣayati pṝ-ac] (a) Another, other (used as adj. or subst.). (b) More, additional; Ms. 11. 5. (c) Second, another Pt. 4. 37; khaṃ keśavo'para ivākramituṃ pravṛttaḥ...

[mw] mfn. having nothing beyond or after, having no rival or superior. 006816 50,2 9405 mfn. having nothing following S3Br. 006817 50,2 9406 mfn. not reciprocal, not one (by) the other, only in comp. with -sambhūta mfn. not produced one by the other Bhag. 006818 50,2 9407 mfn. not produced one from another or in regular order, Bhag. 1314,1 9407.1

[mw] mf (A) n. (fr. /apa), posterior, later, latter (opposed to p/ūrva; often in comp.) 50,3 9410 mf (A) n. following 50,3 9411 mf (A) n. western 50,3 9412 mf (A) n. inferior, lower (opposed to p/ara) 50,3 9413

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a. (treated as a pronoun in some senses) 1 Having nothing high- er or superior, unrivalled, matchless; without a rival or second (nāsti paro [Page0108-c+ 57] yasmāt);...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

37

Texts Appeared In

14

DCS: name of a place | Monier-Williams: the boundless sea.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 14 37.8%
2. Viṣṇupurāṇa 4 10.8%
3. Daśakumāracarita 3 8.1%
4. Rāmāyaṇa 3 8.1%
5. Śārṅgadharasaṃhitādīpikā 3 8.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: apāra

  asmān apārajaladhīn atitīrya kecit

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: apāraṃ

  rāvaṇaś ca mahāñ śatrur apāraṃ pratibhāti me

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: apāram

  tad apāram asaṃkhyeyaṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahad balam