[Advaita-l] meaning of paramam

[Venkata sriram P]

Namaste,
 
Just to add to this:
 
To the slOka of pUrva pITika of viSNu sahasranAma:
 
paramaM yO mahat tEjaH paramaM yO mahat tapaH
paramaM yO mahadbrahma paramaM yaH parAyaNaM
 
Acharya Sankara translates the word *paramaM* as uttama / utkriSTa only.
 
regs,
sriram