久遠 A very long time.
cira : [adj.] lasting long. || cīra (nt.), fibre; a strip; a bark dress.
Cira (adj.) [Vedic. cira, perhaps to *quei̯e to rest, cp. Lat. quiēs, civis; Goth. hveila; Ohg. wīlōn; E. while] long (of time), usually in cpds. & as adv. Either ciraŋ (acc.) for a long time Sn 678, 730, 1029; Dh 248; Kh vii.5; J ii.110; iv.3; Pv ii.333 or cirena (instr.) after a long time Vin iv.86; DhsA 239; or cirāya (dat.) for long Dh 342. cirassa (gen.) see cirassaŋ. -- cirataraŋ (compar.) for a (comparatively) long time, rather long A iii.58; Pv ii.87. cir -- â -- ciraŋ continually Vin iv.261; J v.233. -- acira not long (ago) lately, newly: ˚arahattappatta S i.196; ˚pabbajita S i.185; ˚parinibbute Bhagavati shortly after the death of the Bhagavant D i.204, etc.; Sn p. 59.
-- kālaŋ (adv.) a long time freq. e. g. PvA 19, 45, 60, 109; -- ṭṭhitika perpetual, lasting long A iv.339 (opp. pariyāpajjati); Vv 801; Pug 32, 33; Vism 37, 175; DA i.3. -- dikkhita (not ˚dakkhita) having long since been initiated S i.226=J v.138 (=cirapabbajita); -- nivāsin dwelling (there) for a long time S ii.227; -- paṭika [cp. Sk. ciraŋ prati] long since, adj. constr. in conformity w. the subject Vin i.33; D ii.270= S iii.120; -- pabbajita having long since become a wanderer A iii.114; Sn p. 92; DA i.143; -- ppavāsin (adj.) long absent Dh 219 (=cirappavuttha DhA iii.293). -- rattaŋ (adv.) for a long time Sn 665, 670; J iv.371; and -- rattāya id. J ii.340; Pv i.94.
cira: a. 長久cīra: n. 樹皮
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