Pāli Dictionary

purima

purastemimasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

pubba, purāṇa, porāṇa, puratthima, pubbaka, pācīna, purimaka

Antonyms

pacchima, apara

general

  • पूर्व; पिछला; भूत; (संज्ञा) पूर्व की बात; पूर्व जन्म

  • former; earlier; past; previous; (as noun) a former thing; an earlier statement; a previous birth

  • DN 30

    yam'pi bhikkhave tathāgato purimaṃ jātiṃ purimaṃ bhavaṃ purimaṃ niketaṃ pubbe manussabhūto samāno micchājīvaṃ pahāya sammāājīvena jīvikaṃ kappesi

  • MN 56

    manasi karohi, gahapati, manasi karitvā kho, gahapati, byākarohi. na kho te sandhiyati purimena vā pacchimaṃ, pacchimena vā purimaṃ.

  • अग्र; सामने का; पूर्वी; (संज्ञा) अग्र भाग; पूर्व दिशा

  • front; fore; eastern; (as noun) the front; the east; a person in front

  • SN 4.23

    tena kho pana samayena dhūmāyitattaṃ timirāyitattaṃ gacchat'eva purimaṃ disaṃ, gacchati pacchimaṃ disaṃ, gacchati uttaraṃ disaṃ, gacchati dakkhiṇaṃ disaṃ, gacchati uddhaṃ, gacchati adho, gacchati anudisaṃ.

  • AN 9.35

    sā purimaṃ pādaṃ na suppatiṭṭhitaṃ patiṭṭhāpetvā pacchimaṃ pādaṃ uddhareyya.

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