पारस pāras

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Philosopher's stone (which, according to Hindū legend, immediately converts into gold any metal it touches).
An object of unusual merits.
(Bābā) We associate gold with the golden age, iron with the iron age and the philosopher's stone which changes iron into gold with the age of meeting (confluence).

Usual translation

divine
paras

Origin of the definition

Paras. Mythological stone, the touch of which can change iron into gold.

पारस pārasa pa:ras (nm) the mythical (philosopher's) stone which is said to convert iron into gold by mere touch; an object of unusual merits; also—पत्थर (nm); ~मणि (nf).

H پارس पारस pāras [S. स्पर्शः], s.m. Touchstone (for gems); philosopher's stone (which, according to Hindū legend, immediately converts into gold any metal it touches): — pāras-patthar, pāras-patthal (S. sparśa+prastara, s.m. = pāras.