*Pura [on etym. see purā, purāṇa, pure] base of adv. & prep. denoting "before"; abl. purato (adv. & prep.) in front of (with gen.), before (only local) Vini.179; ii.32; D ii.14 (mātu); S i.137; Pv i.111, 113 (opp. pacchā); ii.86 (janâdhipassa); DA i.152; PvA 5 (purisassa), 22, 39 (tassa). Often repeated (distributively) purato purato each time in front, or in front of each, or continuously in front Vin ii.213; Vism 18; cp. pacchato pacchato. -- Otherwise *pura occurs only in foll. der.: (1) adverbial: *puraḥ in purakkharoti, purekkhāra, purohita; purā, pure, puratthaŋ, puratthato. <-> (2) adjectival: purāṇa, puratthima, purima.