Purima (adj.) [compar. -- superl. formation fr. *pura, cp. Sk. purima] preceding, former, earlier, before (opp. pacchima) D i.179; Sn 773, 791, 1011; Nd1 91; J i.110; SnA 149 (˚dhura); PvA 1, 26. In sequence p. majjhima pacchima; past, present, future (or first, second, last) D i.239 sq.; DA i.45 sq. and passim. --purimatara =purima J i.345 (˚divase the day before).   -- attabhāva a former existence VvA 78; PvA 83, 103, 119. -- jāti a previous birth PvA 45, 62, 79, 90.