adjective old, ancient, former DN.i.71, DN.i.238; SN.ii.267; Snp.313; Dhp.227 (cp. Dhp-a.iii.328); Ja.ii.15 (˚kāle in the past); Vb-a.1 (˚aṭṭhakathā), Vb-a.523 (id.); Kp-a.247 (˚pāṭha); Snp-a.131 …

…primeval, DN.iii.225 (porāṇa +), AN.ii.27 sq.; AN.iv.246, Kv.341.

• -danta one who is most excellently…

…present, modern (opp. porāṇa) Thag.552; Dhp.227; Ja.ii.409
■ dat. ajjatanāya for today Vin.i.17; Pv-a.171 &…

…snake stripping its slough (porāṇassa k˚ssa parikkhīṇattā… santo yathā kammaṃ gacchati) Pv-a.63
■ k˚-nirodha or…

…bhinditvā dhammayutte porāṇa-mante nāsetvā adhamma-yutte kūṭa-mante ganthetvā“ Snp-a.320), Snp.1000 (with ref. to the 32 signs…

human being, man. The popular etym. connects m. with Manu(s), the ancestor of men, e.g. Kp-a.123: “Manuno apaccā ti manussā, porāṇā pana bhaṇanti ʻmana-ussannatāya manussa’; te Jambudīpakā, Aparagoy …

…used (cp. purāṇa 2) Ja.iv.471 (magga).

fr. porāṇa

…Ud.7; Dhp-a.ii.210. Cp. porāṇa.

Venic purāṇa, fr. *per, cp. Sk. parut in former years, Gr. πέρυσι = Lith….

…SN.i.189 (cp. K.S. i.321: porāṇaka santānaṃ vā paṇḍitānaṃ dhamma); Dhp-a.i.51.

for sanātana (cp. purātana); Idg. *seno = Gr….

…ca sutañ ca); Ja.iii.131 (porāṇaṃ vaḍḍhaṃ vaḍḍhataṃ, imper. med 3^rd sg.); Ja.v.66 (sadā so vaḍḍhate rājā…