Parovara (adj. -- n.) [para+avara, sometimes through sub- stitution of apa for ava also paropara. We should expect a form *parora as result of contraction: see Nd2 p. 13] high & low, far & near; pl. in sense of "all kinds" (cp. uccâvaca). The word is found only in the Sutta Nipāta, viz. Sn 353 (v. l. BB varāvaraŋ, varovaraŋ; expld as "lokuttara -- lokiya -- vasena su̇ndar' âsundaraŋ dūre -- santikaŋ vā" SnA 350), 475 (˚ā dhammā; v. l. BB paroparā; expld as "parâvarā sundar' âsundarā, parā vā bāhirā aparā ajjhattikā" SnA 410), 704 (kāme parovare; v. l. BB paropare; expld as sundare ca asundare ca pañca kāmaguṇe" SnA 493), 1048 (reading paroparāni Nd2; see expln Nd2 422b; expld as "parāni ca orāni ca, par' attabhāva -- sak' attabhāv' ādīni parāni ca orāni ca" SnA 590), 1148 (paroparaŋ Nd2; see Nd2 422a; expld as "hīna -- ppaṇītaŋ" SnA 607). -- Note. Already in RV. we find para contrasted with avara or upara; para denoting the farther, higher or heavenly sphere, avara or upara the lower or earthly sphere: see e. g. RV. i.128, 3; i.164, 12. -- On paropara see further Wackernagel, Altind. Gr. ii.121 d.