Pāli Dictionary

pubbaka

pubbastemkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

purima, pubba, purāṇa, porāṇa, purimaka, porāṇaka

general

  • ancien; d’autrefois, des temps anciens

  • ancient; former; belonging to earlier times; who lived in former times

  • SN 12.65

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, puriso araññe pavane caramāno passeyya purāṇaṃ maggaṃ purāṇ'añjasaṃ pubbakehi manussehi anuyātaṃ.

  • Thag 16.10

    saritvā pubbake yogī, tesaṃ vattam'anussaraṃ, kiñ'c'āpi pacchimo kālo, phuseyya amataṃ padaṃ.

  • (en fin de composé) précédé de; accompagné de

  • (as final member of a compound) preceded by; accompanied by; coming first, at the beginning of

approximate

Compound structure

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pubbākā
  1. pubbā

    l’est; la direction est

  2. kā

    qui? quoi? laquelle? quelle femme? (pronom interrogatif, féminin singulier nominatif de “ka”)

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