Pāli Dictionary
purā
general
පෙර; අතීතයේ; …ට පෙර
formerly; in the past; before (with the ablative)
Snp 4.10
vītataṇho purā bhedā, pubbam'antam'anissito, vemajjhe n'upasaṅkheyyo, tassa n'atthi purakkhataṃ.
AN 5.78
purā maṃ so dhammo āgacchati aniṭṭho akanto amanāpo
pura1
approximatePart of speech
noun · neuter
general
නුවර; නගරය; පුරය
town; city; fortress; capital
SN 35.248
sace, mārisā, dev'āsurasaṅgāme samupabyūḷhe asurā jineyyuṃ devā parājineyyuṃ, yena naṃ sakkaṃ devānam'indaṃ kaṇṭhapañcamehi bandhanehi bandhitvā mama santike āneyyātha asurapuran'ti.
MN 12
evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati bahinagare aparapure vanasaṇḍe.
ගෘහය; නිවස; අභ්යන්තර කාමරය
dwelling; house; inner chamber
ශරීරය
the body
general
පිරුණු; සම්පූර්ණ
full; filled (with); stuffed (with)
Snp 3.11
yadūnakaṃ taṃ saṇati, yaṃ pūraṃ santam'eva taṃ, aḍḍhakumbh'ūpamo bālo, rahado pūro'va paṇḍito.
Thig 13.1
vāsito'va surabhī karaṇḍako, pupphapūra mama uttam'aṅgajo, taṃ jarāy'atha salomagandhikaṃ, saccavādivacanaṃ anaññathā.
pura2
approximategeneral
ඉදිරියේ; කලින්; පෙර
before; in front; earlier
Part of speech
verb
Root
pūr1පිරවීම; ඉටු කරනවා
general
පිරෙයි; සම්පූර්ණ වෙයි
becomes full, is filled; (of a wish, term) is fulfilled
MN 54
jānāmi kho pan'āhaṃ rukkhaṃ ārohituṃ. yaṃnūn'āhaṃ imaṃ rukkhaṃ ārohitvā yāva'd'atthañ'ca khādeyyaṃ ucchaṅgañ'ca pūreyyan'ti.
Dhp 121
m'āvamaññetha pāpassa, na man'taṃ āgamissati, udabindunipātena, udakumbho'pi pūrati, bālo pūrati pāpassa, thokaṃ thokam'pi ācinaṃ.
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