Parāyana (Parāyaṇa) (nt.) [fr. parā+i, cp. Vedic parā- yaṇa highest instance, also BSk. parāyaṇa e. g. Divy 57, 327] 1. (n.) final end, i. e. support, rest, relief Si.38; A i.155, 156 (tāṇa lena dīpa etc.); J v.501=vi.375 (dīpañ ca p.). -- 2. (adj. -- ˚) (a) going through to, ending in, aiming at, given to, attached to, having one's end or goal in; also: finding one's support in (as daṇḍa˚ leaning on a stick M i.88; A i.138), in foll. phrases prevalent: Amata˚ S v.217 sq.; tama˚ Pug 51; Nibbāna˚ S iv.373; v.218; brahmacariya˚ S i.234; Maccu˚ S v.217; sambodhi˚ D i.156; ii.155; Pug 16. Cp. also Sn 1114 (tap˚=tad˚, see Nd2 411); Miln 148 (ekantasoka˚); DhA i.28 (rodana, i. e. constantly weeping). <-> (b) destined to, having one's next birth in., e. g. Avīci˚ J iii.454; iv.159; duggati˚ PvA 32; devaloka˚ J i.218; brahmaloka˚ J iii.396; Miln 234; sagga˚ J vi.329; PvA 42, 160; sugati˚ PvA 89 similarly nīlamañca˚ Pv ii.25. See also pārāyana.