Pāli Dictionary
general
the past; former time
MN 38
api nu tumhe, bhikkhave, evaṃ jānantā evaṃ passantā pubb'antaṃ vā paṭidhāveyyātha, ahesumha nu kho mayaṃ atītam'addhānaṃ, nanu kho ahesumha atītam'addhānaṃ, kiṃ nu kho ahesumha atītam'addhānaṃ
the beginning; the former end (of a series, or spatially, of the world)
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