the highest quantity, measure on the outside minimum or maximum DN.i.60 (ghāsa-cchādana-paramatāya santuṭṭho contented with a minimum of food & clothing; DN-a.i.169 explains by uttamatāya); MN.i.10 (abyābajjha˚); SN.i.82 (nāḷik’ odana-paramatāya on a nāḷi of boiled rice at the most); freq. in phrase sattakkhattuṃ p. interval of seven rebirths at the outside (cp. parama), being reborn seven times at the most SN.ii.134 sq.; SN.v.458; Kv.469 (cp. Kvu trsl. 268³).

fr. parama, Vedic paramatā highest position