Pāli Dictionary

pubbanta1

pubbaprefixantastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

atītaṃsa

Antonyms

aparanta

general

  • अतीत; पूर्वकाल

  • 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

  • आरम्भ; पूर्व-सिरा

  • the beginning; the former end (of a series, or spatially, of the world)

pubbanta2

pubbaprefixantastem

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • भूतकालिक; पूर्ववर्ती

  • past; former

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