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पुराष (purASa)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Purāṣa (so ed. with mss.), n. of a former Buddha: Mv 〔i.137.13〕. Senartʼs note rightly expresses doubt of the reading, which he says could at best represent Vedic Purāṣāḍ (once in RV). I suggest that Purāṇa is apt to be the true reading.