Devanagari: परम पुरुष ISO15919: parama puruṣa A moniker used exclusively for Shri Krishna - the Supreme Lord. LEARN MORE The term is a compound of two Sanskrit words: parama: meaning supreme, highest or ultimate, and...

Devanagari: परम्परा ISO15919: paramparā A social or family tradition. Disciplic succession. LEARN MORE A term that generally signifies succession or a tradition that is passed down from one generation to the next. It therefore carries...

Devanagari: परमात्मा ISO15919: paramātmā The Supreme Soul: the aspect of the Lord who resides in all living beings, endowed with qualities and form, but only a partial manifestation of powers. LEARN MORE Aspects of...

Devanagari: पारस ISO15919: pārasa also written as paras Touchstone: a very rare and presently non-existent gem that can convert iron into gold simply by touching it....

Devanagari: परव्योम ISO15919: paravyoma The divine realm. LEARN MORE Shri Krishna Himself becomes the land, water, fire, sky and space in Paravyoma, and so everything is Sachchidananda - nothing is transient, nothing decomposes and it...

Devanagari: परिच्छेदवाद ISO15919: paricchedavāda The doctrine of sectionalisation. LEARN MORE Followers of Jagadguru Shri Shankaracharya refuted the version of advaita-vada propounded by Jagadguru Shri Shankaracharya. They propounded that God, Brahm, is...