Parāmasati [para+masati of mṛś] to touch, hold on to, deal with, take up, to be attached or fall a victim to (acc.) Vin ii.47, 195, 209; D i.17; M i.257; S iii.110; J iv.138; in combn with gaṇhāti & nandati (abhiniveseti) at Nd2 227. -- ger. parāmassa D ii.282; M i.130, 498 (but cp. p. 541); grd. parāmasitabba J i.188. -- pp. parāmaṭṭha (q. v.).