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					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 *deǔā,far in respect to time,as in Gr.dήn,dhrόn,Lat.dū-dum (cp.dū-rare=en-dure).See also dutiya & dūta] far,distant,remote,opp.āsanna (J.II,154) or santika (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.dūraṁ 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°).--(ṁ)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.(Page 328)