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purāṇañca

purāṇa

adj

1. of old; ancient
2. old; used; worn out
3. past; old times; old days
4. Purāṇas; class of Sanskrit literature; lit. ancient
5. stale; not fresh
6. previous; former; old
7. name of one of king Pasenadi's architects

Analysis. purāṇaṃ + ca

Etymology. pura + aṇa; Sanskrit purāṇa

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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