Pācīna (adj.) [Vedic prācīna, fr. adv. prāc bent forward] eastern i. e. facing the (rising) sun (opp. pacchā) J i.50 (˚sīsaka, of Māyādevī's couch), 212 (˚lokadhātu); Miln 6; DA i.311 (˚mukha facing east); DhA iii.155 (id.); VvA 190; PvA 74, 256. The opposite apācīna (e. g. S iii.84) is only apparently a neg. pācīna, in reality a der. fr. apa (apa+ac), as pācīna is a der. fr. pra+ac. See apācīna.