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 (id.); Dhp-a.i.17; Pv-a.1 (˚aṭṭhakathā), Pv-a.63
■ Porāṇā (pl.) the ancients, ancient authorities or writers Vism passim esp. Note, 764; Kp-a.123, Kp-a.158; Snp-a.291, Snp-a.352 Snp-a.604; Vb-a.130, Vb-a.254, Vb-a.299, Vb-a.397, Vb-a.513.

= purāṇa, cp. Epic Sk. paurāṇa