dūra 1 · dūra 2
far
Dūra (adjective) [Sanskrit dūra, Vedic duva (stirring, urging on), comparative davīyān, Avesta dūro (far), °dāu; cf. Old High German zawen, Gothic taujan = English the same Another form is °deṷā, far in respect to time, as in Greek δήν, δηρόν, Latin dū-dum (cf. dū-rare = en-dure). See also dutiya and dūta] far, distant, remote, opposite āsanna (Ja II 154) or santika (Dhs 677; Vism 402). — Pv-a 117. Often in compounds (see below), also as dūri°, e.g. dūri-bhāva distance Vism 71, 377; As 76. — Cases mostly used adverbially, viz. accusative dūraṃ far Ja II 154; Dhp-a I 192. — ablative dūrato from afar, aloof Vin I 15; II 195; S I 212; Snp 511; Dhp 219; Ja V 78 (dūra-dūrato); Miln 23; Pv-a 107. dūrato karoti to keep aloof from Pv-a 17. — locative dūre at a distance, also as preposition away from, far from (with ablative), e.g. Snp 468; Ja II 155, 449 (= ārā); III 189. — Snp 772; Dhp 304; Ja VI 364; Dhs 677. — dūre-pātin one who shoots far [cf. Sanskrit dūra-pātin] A I 284; II 170, 202. Ja IV 494. See also akkhaṇavedhin. — atidūre too far Vin II 215. -kantana at Thag 1123: the correct reading seems to be the v.l. durākantana, see ākantana; -gata gone far away Pv II 13 4 (= paralokagata Pv-a 164); Dhp-a III 377 (durā°); - (ṃ)gama far-going, going here and there Dhp 37 (cf. Dhp-a I 304); Pv II 9 10 ; -ghuṭṭha far-renowned Pv II 8 2 ; -vihāra (-vuttin) living far away Snp 220.
【中】 遠方。【形】 遠的，遙遠的。~ṅgama,【形】 到遠方去。~to,【無】 從遠方來。~tta,【中】 遠的事實。
(adj, adj, prep, from davati) far away; distant (from) distant, far Construction: √dū + ra
(nt, nt, from davati) far away; long distance; long way away distance Construction: √dū + ra