indeclinable · purā 1 · purā 2
formerly; in the past
Purā (indeclinable) [Vedic purā; to Indo-Germanic °per, cf. Gothic faūr = Anglo-Saxon for = English (be°) fore; also Latin prae = Greek παραί = Sanskrit pare] preposition with ablative "before" (only temporal) Vin IV 17 (purāruṇā = purā aruṇā before dawn); Snp 849 (purā bhedā before dissolution (of the body), after which the suttanta is named Purābhedasutta, cf. Nidd I 210 f.; explained by sarīra-bhedā pubbaṃ at Pj II 549).
【無】 從前，在過去。
(ind, ind, prep, abl sg of pura) before Construction: pura + ā
(ind, ind, adv, abl sg of pura) formerly, in the past Construction: pura + ā