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Pubbe Purisa
i.173 (°hetu); J v.228 (°vādin fatalist); Nett 29 (°punnata). katvā C.); PvA 21, 141. — purakkhata pp. (q. v.). See also
°nivāsa [cp. BSk. pūrve — nivāsasaṁprayuktaṁ MVastu purekkhāra.
iii.224, otherwise as pūrvanivāsa Divy 619] abode in a for-
Puratthaṁ (adv.) [for Vedic purastāt, fr. puraḥ, see *pura] 1. be-
mer life, one's former state of existence D ii.1, 2; iii.31 sq., 50
fore S i.141 (na pacchā na puratthaṁ=no after, no before). —
sq., 108 sq, 230, 281; M i.278; ii.21; iii.12; S i.167; A i.164
2. east D i.50 (°âbhimukha looking eastward.)
sq.; It 100; Sn 647; Dh 423; Pug 61; Vism 411 (remembered
Puratthato (adv.) [fr. puratthaṁ, cp. BSk. purastataḥ MVastu
by 6 classes of individuals); ThA 74, 197. — pubbe-nivās'
ii.198] in front, coram Sn 416 (sic, v. l. BB purakkhato); J
ânussati ( -ñāṇa) (knowledge of) remembrance of one's for-
vi.242.
mer state of existence, one of the faculties of an Arahant (cp.
A i.164 sq., and Cpd. 64) D iii.110, 220; M i.35, 182, 248, Puratthima (adj.) [fr. *pura, cp. Prk. (AMg.) puratthima, acc.
278, 496; Dhs 1367; Nett 28, 103; Vism 433; VbhA 373 sq., to Pischel, Gr. § 602 a der. fr. purastāt (=P. puratthaṁ) as
401, 422; Tikp. 321. — See also under nivāsa and cp. Vism *purastima, like *pratyastima (=paccatthima) fr. *pratyastaṁ]
ch. xiii, pp. 410 sq. eastern D i.153; S i.144; J i.71 (°âbhimukha: Gotama facing
E. under the Bo tree).
Pumati [onomat. *pu to blow, cp. Gr. ϕυσα blowing, bubble,
ϕυσάω blow, Lat. pustula=pustule, Sk. *pupphusa=P. pap- Purā (indecl.) [Vedic purā; to Idg. *per, cp. Goth. faúr= Ags.
phasa lung, phutkaroti blow, etc., see Uhlenbeck Ai. Wtb. s. for=E. (be — ) fore; also Lat. prae=Gr. παραί=Sk. pare] prep.
v. pupphusa] to blow, aor. pumi J i.171; ger. pumitvā J i.172. c. abl. "before" (only temporal) Vin iv.17 (purāruṇā=purā
See J.P.T.S. 1889, 207 (?). aruṇā before dawn); Sn 849 (purā bhedā before dissolution (of
the body), after which the Suttanta is named Purābhedasutta,
Puman (Pumā) [see puṁs] a male, a man, nom sg. pumo D n.273; 1 d
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Cp. ii.6 ; instr. pumunā J vi.550. nom. pl. pumā D iii.85 (itthi cp. Nd 210 sq.; expl by sarīra — bhedā pubbaṁ at SnA 549).
— pumā men & women; v. l. K. °purisā); J iii.459; acc. sg. Purāṇa (adj.) [Venic purāṇa, fr. *per, cp. Sk. parut in
pumaṁ J v.154 (gata, cp. purisantara — gata). — On decl. former years, Gr. πέρυσι=Lith. pernai, Goth. fairneis,
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cp. Müller, P.Gr. p. 79; Greiger, P.Gr. § 93 . Ohg. firni=Ger. firn (last year's snow), forn formerly, ferro
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far] 1. ancient, past Sn 312, 944 (=Nd 428 atītaṁ, opp.
*Pura [on etym. see purā, purāṇa, pure] base of adv. & prep. de-
nava=paccuppannaṁ); Dh 156 (=pubbe katāni C.); with ref.
noting "before"; abl. purato (adv. & prep.) in front of (with
to former births or previous existences: p. kammaṁ S
gen.), before (only local) Vin i.179; ii.32; D ii.14 (mātu); S 1 2
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i.137; Pv i.11 , 11 (opp. pacchā); ii.8 (janâdhipassa); DA ii.64=Nd 437=Nd 680 Q. 2; puññaṁ S i.92. — 2. old (of
age), worn out, used (opp. nava recent) D i.224 (bandhanaṁ,
i.152; PvA 5 (purisassa), 22, 39 (tassa). Often repeated (dis-
opp. navaṁ); Vin ii.123 (udakaṁ p.°ṁ stale water); S ii.106
tributively) purato purato each time in front, or in front of
(magga); Sn 1 (tacaṁ); J ii.114 (f. purāṇī, of an old bow
each, or continuously in front Vin ii.213; Vism 18; cp. pac-
string, applied jokingly to a former wife); iv.201 (°paṇṇa old
chato pacchato. — Otherwise *pura occurs only in foll. der.:
leaf, opp. nava); v.202 (a° not old, of years); vi.45 (apurāṇaṁ
(1) adverbial: *puraḥ in purakkharoti, purekkhāra, purohita;
adv. recently); VbhA 363 (udaka stale water). — 3. former,
purā, pure, puratthaṁ, puratthato. — (2) adjectival: purāṇa,
late, old in cpds. as °dutiyikā the former wife (of a bhikkhu)
puratthima, purima.
Vin i.18, 96; iv.263; S i.200; Ud 5; J i.210; °rājorodhā for-
Pura (nt.) [Vedic pur. f., later Sk. puraṁ nt. & purī f.] 1. a town,
mer lady of the harem Vin iv.261; °sālohita former blood —
fortress, city Vin i.8=M i.171 (Kāsinaṁ puraṁ); J i.196, 215;
relation Sn p. 91; Ud 7; DhA ii.210. Cp. porāṇa.
Sn 976, 991, 1012 (°uttama),1013; J vi.276 (=nagara C); Mhvs
Purātana (adj.) [fr. purā, cp. sanātana in formation] belonging
14, 29. — avapure below the fortress M i.68. — devapura
city of the Gods S iv.202; Vv 64 30 (=Sudassana — mahā — to the past, former, old Nett A 194.
nagara VvA 285). See also purindada. — 2. dwelling, house Purindada [distorted fr. Vedic puraṁ — dara, pura+dṛ to break,
or (divided) part of a house (=antepura), a meaning restricted see darī, thus "breaker of fortresses," Ep. of Indra (& Agni).
to the Jātakas, e. g. v.65 (=nivesana C.); vi.251, 492 (=an- The P. Commentator (VvA 171) of course takes it popularly
tepura). Cp. thīpura lady's room, harem, also "lady" J v.296, as "pure dānaṁ dadātī ti Purindado ti vuccati," thus pure+dā;
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and antepura. — 3. the body [cp. Sk. pura body as given by see also Trenckner, Notes 59 ; Geiger, P.Gr. § 44 ] "town-
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Halāyudha 2, 355, see Aufrecht p. 273] Th 1, 279 1150 (so breaker," a name of Sakka (Indra) D ii.260; S i.230; Vv 37 ,
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read for pūra, cp. Kern, Toev. s. v. & under sarīradeha). — 62 ; PvA 247.
Cp. porin.
Purima (adj.) [compar. — superl. formation fr. *pura, cp. Sk.
Purakkhata [pp. of purakkharoti] honoured, esteemed, preferred purima] preceding, former, earlier, before (opp. pacchima) D
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D i.50; M i.85; S i.192, 200; Sn 199, 421, 1015; Nd 154; i.179; Sn 773, 791, 1011; Nd 91; J i.110; SnA 149 (°dhura);
Dh 343 (=parivārita DhA iv.49); J ii.48 (°parivārita); Pv iii.7 1 PvA 1, 26. In sequence p. majjhima pacchima; past, present,
(=payirupāsita PvA 205); DA i.152 (=purato nisinna); ThA future (or first, second, last) D i.239 sq.; DA i.45 sq. and pas-
170. Cp. purekkhata. sim. — purimatara =purima J i.345 (°divase the day before).
-attabhāva a former existence VvA 78; PvA 83, 103, 119.
Purakkharoti [fr. puraḥ, cp. Ved. puras — karoti, see pure]
-jāti a previous birth PvA 45, 62, 79, 90.
to put in front, to revere, follow, honour; only in foll. spo-
radic forms: ppr. purakkharāna holding before oneself, i. Purimaka (adj.) [fr. purima] previous, first Vin ii.167 (opp. pac-
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e. looking at S iii.9 sq.; aor. 3 pl. purakkharuṁ Miln 22; chimaka). f. °ika Vin i.153.
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ger. purakkhatvā M i.28; Sn 969; Nd 491; J v.45 (=purato
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