adjectif : auparavant ; souvent en composé, avec le sens de : “dans une existence antérieure”
Pubbe,(°-) [Loc.of pubba2,see pubba2 3] in cpds.:“in a former existence”:°kata (nt.) deeds done in a past life M.II,217=A.I,173 (°hetu); J.V,228 (°vādin fatalist); Nett 29 (°punnata).°nivāsa [cp.BSk.pūrve-nivāsasaṁprayuktaṁ MVastu III,224,otherwise as pūrvanivāsa Divy 619] abode in a former life,one’s former state of existence D.II,1,2; III,31 sq.,50 sq.,108 sq,230,281; M.I,278; II,21; III,12; S.I,167; A.I,164 sq.; It.100; Sn.647; Dh.423; Pug.61; Vism.411 (remembered by 6 classes of individuals); ThA.74,197.‹-› pubbe-nivās’ânussati (-ñāṇa) (knowledge of) remembrance of one’s former state of existence,one of the faculties of an Arahant (cp.A.I,164 sq.,and Cpd.64) D.III,110,220; M.I,35,182,248,278,496; Dhs.1367; Nett 28,103; Vism.433; VbhA.373 sq.,401,422; Tikp.321.– See also under nivāsa and cp.Vism.ch.XIII,pp.410 sq.