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Pura
indeclinable prep. c. abl. “before” (only temporal) Vin.iv.17 (purāruṇā = purā aruṇā before dawn); Snp.849 (purā bhedā before dissolution (of the body), after which the Suttanta is named Purābhedasutta, cp. Mnd.210 sq. explained by sarīra-bhedā pubbaṃ at Snp-a.549 ). Vedic purā; to Idg. *per, cp. Go
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1. Purā
indeclinable prep. c. abl. “before” (only temporal) Vin.iv.17 (purāruṇā = purā aruṇā before dawn); Snp.849 (purā bhedā before dissolution (of the body), after which the Suttanta is named Purābhedasutta, cp. Mnd.210 sq. explained by sarīra-bhedā pubbaṃ at Snp-a.549).
Vedic purā; to Idg. *per, cp. Goth. faúr = Ags. for = E. (be-) fore; also Lat. prae = Gr. παραί = Sk pare
2. Pūra
adjective full; full of (with gen.) DN.i.244 (nadī); MN.i.215; MN.iii.90, MN.iii.96; AN.iv.230; Snp.195, Snp.721; Ud.90 (nadī); Ja.i.146; Pv.iv.3#13 (= pānīyena puṇṇa Pv-a.251); Pp.45, Pp.46; Pv-a.29
■ dup˚; difficult to fill Ja.v.425
■ pūraṃ (-˚) nt. as adv. in kucchi-pūraṃ to his belly’s fill Ja.iii.268; Vism.108 (udara-pūra-mattaṃ).
cp. Class. Sk. pūra; fr. pṛ; see pūreti
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