parochial:

having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

parochial:

having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

(Adjective)

Example Sentences:

Ramayana: For Dasharatha, Kaikeyi’s desire that her own son become the next king was parochial but understandable; however, her insistence that blameless Rama be exiled to the forest for fourteen years was brutal and unacceptable.

Mahabharata: Dhritarashtra’s parochial attitude, whereby he considered his own children as his and othered the Pandavas, eventually led to the Kurukshetra war that destroyed most of the Kuru dynasty.

Bhagavad-gita: There is no place for the parochial and the petty in the Gita’s universal worldview and transcendental call for action.

Bhagavatam: Because of a parochial vision, Shukaracarya considered the material wealth of a kingdom as more valuable than the spiritual wealth of devotion.

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