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Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Superlative formation from ora (“below”)
Adjective
orima
- on this side
2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I), page 336:තස්ස එවමස්ස: “අයං ඛො මහා උදකණ්ණවො ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ්කං සප්පටිභයං. පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප්පටිභයං. නත්ථි ච නාවා සන්තාරණී උත්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය.- Tassa evamassa: "ayaṃ kho mahā udakaṇṇavo orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ. Pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ. Natthi ca nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya.
- Therefore things are thus: So, there's this large deluge, a dubious and perilous near shore, a safe far shore free of peril; and there is neither a ferry boat or a bridge to go from the near shore to the far shore.
Usage notes
Only found in the expression orima tīra and its univerbation orimatīra (“the near shore”).
Declension
The nominative singular masculine would be orimo, which is an alternative citation form.
Declension table of "orima" (neuter)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “orima”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead