Sanskrit · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Pardes

परदेस

said par-DES

also written: pardesh, pardesi

Meaning

A foreign land, abroad; the distant place to which the beloved travels, leaving longing behind.

Literally: par (other) + des (land)

Related words

One's own land, homeland, country; the native place of the heart.

A foreigner or one living far from home; a traveller in a strange land.

Forest-exile; banishment to the wilderness, as Rama's, and figuratively any painful separation from home.