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पुरस्तिम (purastima)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
purastima, adj., with case-forms used as adv. and [Page348-a] quasi-prep. (= Pali AMg. puratthima
〔§ 22.15〕), orig. no doubt in front, a mg. which is possible in one or two passages, but as a rule, and prob. always, used in the sense of eastern, in the east, easterly: °time diśo bhāge Mv 〔i.123.6, 8, 10, 12, 14〕
〔ii.34.19〕
〔iii.306.6〕 (in same vs LV 〔388.8〕 pūrvasmin vai for °time, with ‘patchword’ vai indicating secondary correction to pūrvasmin)
°māyāṃ (diśāyāṃ) Mv 〔ii.139.8〕
〔iii.116.1, 3〕
〔410.12, 13〕
°maś ca anto 〔iii.334.2, 3〕
other cases of adj., Mv 〔i.26.1〕
〔40.7, 8〕 (°mā diśā)
〔ii.95.20〕 (also with diśā)
〔136.17〕
adverbs, °maṃ Mv 〔iii.256.7, 8〕, in the east
°mena Mv 〔i.194.2〕
〔249.3〕
〔ii.31.6〕
〔iii.226.7〕
Suv 〔120.5〕 (prose)
°me, Mahāsamāj., Waldschmidt, Kl. Skt. Texte 4, 〔pp. 5, 171〕 (ms. 〔127. V 1〕)
as prep., °time nagarasya Mv 〔iii.186.16〕, to the east (possibly in front) of the city. Cf. purima, which however rarely means eastern or in front (of space), but regularly former, first (of time).