The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1784 page)

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Parame
vara
(Skt., ‘the highest god’). In
Kashmir
aivism
, the highest Reality, conceived to be either beyond all thirty-six
tattvas
or as the thirty-seventh. All reality, both mystical and material, emanates from Parame
vara, also called Parama
iva, through a process of ‘shining forth’ (
bh
sa
).
P
ramit
(Skt., ‘that which has crossed over’). In Mah
y
na Buddhism, the six (or later ten) virtues developed by
bodhisattvas
:
(i) 
d
na-paramit
, generosity;
(ii) 
la-paramit
, correct conduct;
(iii) k
nti-paramit
, patient acceptance of injuries received;
(iv) 
v
rya-paramit
, exertion;
(v) 
dhy
na-paramit
, meditation;
(vi) 
prajña-paramit
, wisdom;
(vii) 
up
ya-kau
alya-paramit

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