Pāli Dictionary
general
过去;前际
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
开端;前端(前际)
the beginning; the former end (of a series, or spatially, of the world)
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