Pāli Dictionary

pubbe

pubbastemesuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Synonyms

pura, pure, atītamaddhānaṃ, bhūtapubba, pamukhe, puratthā, puratthato, puratthaṃ

Antonyms

pacchā, etarahi

general

  • ရှေး၌; ရှေးအခါ၌; အတိတ်၌

  • before; previously; formerly; in the past

  • AN 4.122

    tassa evaṃ hoti, mayaṃ kho pubbe agāriyabhūtā samānā aññe ovadāma'pi anusāsāma'pi. ime pan'amhākaṃ puttamattā maññe nattamattā maññe ovaditabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññantī'ti.

  • Dhp 172

    yo ca pubbe pamajjitvā, pacchā so nappamajjati, so'maṃ lokaṃ pabhāseti, abbhā mutto'va candimā.

doctrine

  • ရှေးဘဝ၌; အတိတ်ဘဝ၌

  • in a former existence; in a past life

pubba1

via inflected form pubbe · accusative plural / locative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

purima, purāṇa, porāṇa, puratthima, pubbaka, pācīna, purimaka

Antonyms

para, pacchima, apubba, carima

general

  • ရှေးဖြစ်သော; အလျင်ဖြစ်သော; ပြီးခဲ့သော

  • previous; earlier; former; past

  • SN 56.35

    anamataggo'yaṃ, bhikkhave, saṃsāro. pubbā koṭi nappaññāyati sattippahārānaṃ asippahārānaṃ usuppahārānaṃ pharasuppahārānaṃ

  • Snp 4.10

    vītataṇho purā bhedā, pubbam'antam'anissito, vemajjhe n'upasaṅkheyyo, tassa n'atthi purakkhataṃ.

  • အရှေ့ဖြစ်သော; အရှေ့

  • eastern; the east

  • SN 48.44

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati pubbakoṭṭhake

pubba2

pūyrootasuffix

via inflected form pubbe · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

pūy1ပုပ်; ပြည်တည်ခြင်း

Synonyms

assāva

general

  • ပြည်; နာပြည်

  • pus; matter; suppuration

  • MN 62

    yaṃ ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ āpo āpogataṃ upādinnaṃ, seyyath'idaṃ, pittaṃ semhaṃ pubbo lohitaṃ sedo medo… ayaṃ vuccati, rāhula, ajjhattikā āpodhātu.

  • MN 105

    kālena kālañ'ca vaṇaṃ dhoveyyāsi, kālena kālaṃ vaṇamukhaṃ ālimpeyyāsi, mā te na kālena kālaṃ vaṇaṃ dhovato na kālena kālaṃ vaṇamukhaṃ ālimpato pubbalohitaṃ vaṇamukhaṃ pariyonandhi.

pubbā

via inflected form pubbe · vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • အရှေ့ဘက်

  • the east; the eastern direction

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