Pubbe (˚ -- ) [loc. of pubba2, see pubba2 3] in cpds.: "in a former existence": ˚kata (nt.) deeds done in a past life M ii.217=A i.173 (˚hetu); J v.228 (˚vādin fatalist); Nett 29 (˚punnata). ˚nivāsa [cp. BSk. pūrve -- nivāsasaŋprayuktaŋ MVastu iii.224, otherwise as pūrvanivāsa Divy 619] abode in a former life, one's former state of existence D ii.1, 2; iii.31 sq., 50 sq., 108 sq, 230, 281; M i.278; ii.21; iii.12; S i.167; A i.164 sq.; It 100; Sn 647; Dh 423; Pug 61; Vism 411 (remembered by 6 classes of individuals); ThA 74, 197. <-> pubbe -- nivās' ânussati ( -- ñāṇa) (knowledge of) remembrance of one's former state of existence, one of the faculties of an Arahant (cp. A i.164 sq., and Cpd. 64) D iii.110, 220; M i.35, 182, 248, 278, 496; Dhs 1367; Nett 28, 103; Vism 433; VbhA 373 sq., 401, 422; Tikp. 321. -- See also under nivāsa and cp. Vism ch. xiii, pp. 410 sq.