====== bhutapubbam ====== ===== bhūtapubbaṃ ===== //adverbe// (invariable) : **autrefois**, jadis, anciennement ; litt. : **"avant toute existence"**, avant la survenue du monde * étymologie : [[bhuta|bhūta]] + [[pubba|pubba]] =====Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede===== **bhūtapubba** (a) __as adj.__(-°) having formerly been so & so,as mātā bhūtapubbo satto,pitā etc.,in untraced quotation at Vism.305; also at SnA 359 (Bhagavā kuṇāla-rājā bhūtapubbo). \\ (b) __as adv.__(bhūtapubbaṃ) meaning : before all happening,before creation,at a very remote stage of the world,in old times,formerly Vin.II,201; D.I,92; II,167,285,337; M.I,253; III,176; S.I,216,222,227; IV,201; V,447; A.IV,136=Vism.237; A.IV,432; J.I,394; DhA.I,56.