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puras

purás 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. (dakṣiṇataḥpuraḥ, towards the south-east, [MBh.])

previously, first, first of all, [Ratnāv. iii, 7.] [cf. pra purā, pūrva; Gk., πάρος, ‘before’.]

purastāt. See p. 634.