Porāṇa (adj.) [=purāṇa, cp. Epic Sk. paurāṇa] old, ancient, former D i.71, 238; S ii.267; Sn 313; Dh 227 (cp. DhA iii.328); J ii.15 (˚kāle in the past); VbhA 1 (˚aṭṭhakathā), 523 (id.); KhA 247 (˚pāṭha); SnA 131 (id.); DhA i.17; PvA 1 (˚aṭṭhakathā), 63. -- Porāṇā (pl.) the ancients, ancient authorities or writers Vism passim esp. Note, 764; KhA 123, 158; SnA 291, 352, 604; VbhA 130, 254, 299, 397, 513.