The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Purakkhata
Purakkhata [pp. of purakkharoti] honoured, esteemed, preferred D i.50; M i.85; S i.192, 200; Sn 199, 421,
1015; Nd1 154; Dh 343 (=pariv!rita DhA iv.49); J ii.48 (˚pariv!rita); Pv iii.71 (=payirup!sita PvA 205);
DA i.152 (=purato nisinna); ThA 170. Cp. purekkhata.
Purakkharoti
Purakkharoti [fr. pura1, cp. Ved. puras -- karoti, see pure] to put in front, to revere, follow, honour; only in
foll. sporadic forms: ppr. purakkhar!na holding before oneself, i. e. looking at S iii.9 sq.; aor. 3rd pl.
purakkharu' Miln 22; ger. purakkhatv! M i.28; Sn 969; Nd1 491; J v.45 (=purato katv! C.); PvA 21, 141.
purakkhata pp. (q. v.). See also purekkh!ra.
Purattha'
Purattha' (adv.) [for Vedic purast!t, fr. pura1, see *pura] 1. before S i.141 (na pacch! na purattha'=no
after, no before). -- 2. east D i.50 (˚âbhimukha looking eastward.)
Puratthato
Puratthato (adv.) [fr. purattha', cp. BSk. purastata1 MVastu ii.198] in front, coram Sn 416 (sic, v. l. BB
purakkhato); J vi.242.
Puratthima
Puratthima (adj.) [fr. *pura, cp. Prk. (AMg.) puratthima, acc. to Pischel, Gr. § 602 a der. fr. purast!t (=P.
purattha') as *purastima, like *pratyastima (= paccatthima) fr. *pratyasta'] eastern D i.153; S i.144; J i.71
(˚âbhimukha: Gotama facing E. under the Bo tree).
Pur!
Pur! (indecl.) [Vedic pur!; to Idg. *per, cp. Goth. faúr= Ags. for=E. (be -- ) fore; also Lat. prae=Gr.
parai/=Sk. pare] prep. c. abl. "before" (only temporal) Vin iv.17 (pur!ru*!=pur! aru*! before dawn); Sn
849 (pur! bhed! before dissolution (of the body), after which the Suttanta is named Pur!bhedasutta, cp.
Nd1 210 sq.; expld by sar"ra -- bhed! pubba' at SnA 549).
Pur!*a
Pur!*a (adj.) [Venic pur!*a, fr. *per, cp. Sk. parut in former years, Gr. pe/ rusi=Lith. pernai, Goth. fairneis,
Ohg. firni=Ger. firn (last year's snow), forn formerly, ferro far] 1. ancient, past Sn 312, 944 (=Nd1 428
at"ta', opp. nava=paccuppanna'); Dh 156 (=pubbe kat!ni C.); with ref. to former births or previous
existences: p. kamma' S ii.64=Nd1 437=Nd2 680 Q. 2; puñña' S i.92. -- 2. old (of age), worn out, used
(opp. nava recent) D i.224 (bandhana', opp. nava'); Vin ii.123 (udaka' p.˚' stale water); S ii.106 (magga);
Sn 1 (taca'); J ii.114 (f. pur!*", of an old bow string, applied jokingly to a former wife); iv.201 (˚pa**a old
leaf, opp. nava); v.202 (a˚ not old, of years); vi.45 (apur!*a' adv. recently); VbhA 363 (udaka stale water).
3. former, late, old in cpds. as ˚dutiyik! the former wife (of a bhikkhu) Vin i.18, 96; iv.263; S i.200; Ud
5; J i.210; ˚r!jorodh! former lady of the harem Vin iv.261; ˚s!lohita former blood -- relation Sn p. 91; Ud 7;
DhA ii.210. Cp. por!*a.
Pur!tana
Pur!tana (adj.) [fr. pur!, cp. san!tana in formation] belonging to the past, former, old Nett A 194.