adjective preceding, former, earlier, before (opp pacchima) DN.i.179; Snp.773, Snp.791, Snp.1011; Mnd.91; Ja.i.110; Snp-a.149 (˚dhura); Pv-a.1, Pv-a.26. In sequence p. majjhima pacchima; past, present, future (or first, second last) DN.i.239 sq.; DN-a.i.45 sq. and passim
■ purimatara = purima Ja.i.345 (˚divase the day before).

• -attabhāva a former existence Vv-a.78; Pv-a.83, Pv-a.103 Pv-a.119.
• -jāti a previous birth Pv-a.45, Pv-a.62, Pv-a.79, Pv-a.90.

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■ superl. formation fr. *pura, cp. Sk. purima