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).