pūraṇa
adjective noun
- (adj.) filling Snp.312 (? better read purāṇa with Snp-a.324); Pv-a.70 (eka-thālaka˚), Pv-a.77 (id.). As Np. in Pūraṇa Kassapa, which however seems to be distorted from Purāṇa K. (DN.i.47; Snp.p.92, cp. Kp-a.126, Kp-a.175; Snp-a.200, Snp-a.237, Snp-a.372). The expln (popular etym.) of the name at DN-a.i.142 refers it to pūreti (“kulassa ekūnaṃ dāsa-sataṃ pūrayamāno jāto” i.e. making the hundred of servants full).
- (nt.) an expletive particle (pada˚ “verse-filler”), so in C. style of “a” Snp-a.590; “kho” ib. Snp-a.139; “kho pana” ib. Snp-a.137; “taṃ” Kp-a.219; “tato” Snp-a.378 “pi” ib. Snp-a.536; “su” ib. Snp-a.230; “ha” ib. Snp-a.416; “hi” ib Snp-a.377. See pada˚.
fr. pūreti