dūra : [adj.] distant; far. (nt.), distance.
Dūra (adj.) [Sk. dūra, Ved. duva (stirring, urging on), compar. davīyān, Av. dūrō (far), *dāu; cp. Ohg. zawen, Goth. taujan=E. do. Another form is *deṷā, far in respect to time, as in Gr. dh/n, dhro/n, Lat. dū -- dum (cp. dū -- rare=en -- dure). See also dutiya & dūta] far, distant, remote, opp. āsanna (J ii.154) orsantika (Dhs 677; Vism 402). -- PvA 117. Often in cpds. (see below), also as dūri˚, e. g. dūri -- bhāva distance Vism 71, 377; DhsA 76. -- Cases mostly used adverbially, viz. acc. dūraŋ far J ii.154; DhA i.192. -- abl. dūrato from afar, aloof Vin i.15; ii.195; S i.212; Sn 511; Dh 219; J v.78 (dūra -- dūrato); Miln 23; PvA 107. dūrato karoti to keep aloof from PvA 17. -- loc. dūre at a distance, also as prep. away from, far from (c. abl.), e. g. Sn 468; J ii.155, 449 (=ārā); iii.189. -- Sn 772; Dh 304; J vi.364; Dhs 677. -- dūre -- pātin one who shoots far [cp. Sk. dūra -- pātin] A i.284; ii.170, 202. J iv.494. See also akkhaṇavedhin. -- atidūre too far Vin ii.215.
-- kantana at Th 1, 1123: the correct reading seems to be the v. l. durākantana, see ākantana; -- gata gone far away Pv ii.134 (=paralokagata PvA 164); DhA iii.377 (durā˚). -- (ŋ)gama far -- going, going here & there Dh 37 (cp. DhA i.304); Pv ii.910; -- ghuṭṭha farrenowned Pv ii.82; -- vihāra ( -- vuttin) living far away Sn 220.
dūra: a. 遠處{abl. [dūrato從遠處]; loc. [dūre在遠處]}
dūrá mf(ā)n. (prob. fr. √1. du, hut Uṇ. ii, 21
• compar. dáviiyas, superl. daviṣṭha, qq.vv.) distant, far, remote, long (way)
• n. distance, remoteness (in space and time), a long way ŚBr. MBh. Kāv. &c
• (ám), ind. far, far from (gen. or abl. Pāṇ. 2-3, 34 Kāś.), a long way off or a long period back RV. AV. ŚBr. &c. (also dūrā́d dūrám AV. xii, 2, 14)
• far above (ut-patati Hit. i, 101/102) or below (ambhasi Kathās. x, 29)
• far, i.e. much in a high degree (dūram un-mani-kṛta Prab. iii, 21/22
• dūraṃ-√kṛ, to surpass, exceed Ragh. xvii, 18
• ○ṃ-karaṇa mf(i)n. making far or distant, removing Vop. (v. l.)
• ○ṃ-gata mfn. = ○ra-g○ Saṃk.
• ○ṃ-gamá mfn. going far away VS. xxxiv, 1
• (ā), f. (scil. bhūmi) one of the 10 stages in the life of a Śrāvaka L.
• (eṇa), ind. (Pāṇ. 2-3, 35) far, from afar, by far MBh. Kāv. &c
• compar. ○ra-tareṇa VP. iii, 7, 26, 33
• (āt), ind. (Pāṇ. ib.) from a distance, from afar RV. AV. MBh. &c
• far from (abl.) Mn. iv, 151
• a long way back or from a remote period, iii, 130
• in comp. with a pp., e.g. dūrād-āgata, come from afar Pāṇ. 2-1, 39 ; vi, 1, 2 ; 2, 144 Kāś.
• (e), ind. (cf. Pāṇ. 2-3, 36 Kāś.) in a distant place, far, far away RV. i, 24, 9 ; iv, 4, 3 (opp. ánti) and c AV. ŚBr. TśUp.5(opp. antike) Mn. MBh. &c
• compar. ○ra-tare, some way from (abl.) Mn. xi, 128
• dūre-√kṛ, to discard Amar. 67
• dūre-√bhū or √gam, to be far away or gone off Kathās. Vet.
• ○re tiṣṭhatu, let it be far, i.e. let it be unmentioned, never mind Kathās. vi, 37
thag ring
[translation-san] {L} dūra
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} far; distant
thag rin ba
[translation-san] {MSA} dūra
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} far; distant
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