paramārtha, the highest truth, ultimate truth, reality, fundamental meaning, 真諦. Paramārtha, name of a famous monk from Western India, Guṇarata, v. 拘, whose title was 真諦三藏; reached China 547 or 548, but the country was so disturbed that he set of to return by sea; his ship was driven back to Canton, where he translated some fifty works.