Paras may refer to:
People
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Parshvanatha
''Parshvanatha'' (), also known as ''Parshva'' () and ''Parasnath'', was the 23rd of 24 ''Tirthankaras'' (supreme preacher of dharma) of Jainism. He is the only Tirthankara who gained the title of ''Kalīkālkalpataru (Kalpavriksha in this "Kal ...
, 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism
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Paras Shah
Paras Shah (born 30 December 1971) is the former and last Crown Prince of Nepal, the heir apparent to the throne, from 2001 until the abolition of the monarchy by the Interim Constituent Assembly in 2008 following the Constituent Assembly elect ...
, former Crown Prince of Nepal
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Andre Paras, Filipino actor and son of Benjie Paras
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Benjie Paras, Filipino actor and former professional basketball player
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Paras Khadka (born 1987), Nepalese cricketer
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Kobe Paras (born 1997), Filipino basketball player and son of Benjie Paras
Places
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Paras District
Paras District is one of six Districts of Peru, districts of the province Cangallo Province, Cangallo in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest mountains of the district is Chiqllarasu at . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The pe ...
, one of six districts of the province Cangallo in Peru
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Parás, Nuevo León
Parás is a rural municipal town in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico, founded on February 17, 1851. It lies southwest of the Falcón Reservoir in Tamaulipas. It was founded in what was known as ''Rancho Huizachal de los Canales''. The name ''Pa ...
, a town in Northern Mexico.
Other uses
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Paras (1949 film), an Indian romantic drama film
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''Paras'' (1971 film), an Indian Hindi-language film
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''Paras'' (serial), a 2015 Pakistani drama serial produced by A & B Entertainment
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PRL Advanced Radial-velocity All-sky Search, an astronomy project
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Paratroopers
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Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is an airborne infantry regiment of the British Army. The first battalion is part of the Special Forces Support Group under the operational command of the Director Special Forces. The ot ...
, a unit in the British Army, known as "the Paras"
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Paras pathar
The philosopher's stone or more properly philosophers' stone ( Arabic: حجر الفلاسفة, , la, lapis philosophorum), is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold (, from the Greek , "gold" ...
, the name for philosopher's stone in India
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Parash Pathar
''Parash Pathar'' ( bn, পরশ পাথর ''Porosh Pathor''; English: ''The Philosopher's Stone''; French: ''La Pierre Philosophale'') is a 1958 Bengali language Indian fantasy comedy film. It was Satyajit Ray's first film outside of ''The A ...
'', 1958 Indian film
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Parash Pathar (band)
Anindya Bose is a Bengali singer composer lyricist. He is one of the popular Bengali singer based out of Kolkata. He is also famous as a music composer and a scriptwriter of Bengali films. Anindya Bose is also an activist who took part in diff ...
, Indian band
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Parasmani
''Parasmani'' ("Philosopher's stone" that converts iron into gold) is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language film. The film is a musical fantasy drama shot partly in Black and White and partly in colour. It was directed by Babubhai Mistri, who is known a ...
'', 1963 Indian film
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Paras (Pokémon)
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