puras | पुरस् | puras
pura/s | पुर/स् | ind. in front, in advance, forward
(as prep.) before (of place and time), in the presence or before the eyes of (gen. abl. acc. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
in comparison with (gen.), Vcar.
in or from or towards the east, eastward, VS.; Br. &c. (dakśiṛataḥpuraḥ | दक्शिऋअतःपुरः |, towards the south-east, MBh.)
previously, first, first of all, Ratnāv. iii, 7. [cf. pra purā | प्र पुरा |, pūrva | पूर्व |; Gk., πάρος, ‘before’.]
puras | पुरस् | purastāt | पुरस्तात् |. See p. 634.
(as prep.) before (of place and time), in the presence or before the eyes of (gen. abl. acc. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
in comparison with (gen.), Vcar.
in or from or towards the east, eastward, VS.; Br. &c. (dakśiṛataḥpuraḥ | दक्शिऋअतःपुरः |, towards the south-east, MBh.)
previously, first, first of all, Ratnāv. iii, 7. [cf. pra purā | प्र पुरा |, pūrva | पूर्व |; Gk., πάρος, ‘before’.]
puras | पुरस् | purastāt | पुरस्तात् |. See p. 634.