Paṭhama
Paṭhama,(adj.) [Ved.prathama,cp.Av.frat∂ma; also Ved.prataraṁ further,Gr.prόteros superl.formation fr.prep.*pro,Sk.pra etc.see pa°] num.ord.“the first,” in foll.meanings:(1) the first,foremost,former Sn.93,436,1031; J.II,110; KhA.I,192; DhA.III,5,196 (°vaya,contrasted with majjhima & pacchima); PvA.5,13,56.nt.Acc.paṭhamaṁ at first,for the first time Vin.I,16; D.II,14; Dh.158; J.I,222; II,103,153; often as first part of cpd.°-,meaning either “first” or “recently,newly,just” Vin.I,1 (°âbhisambuddha having just attained Buddhaship); D.III,253 (°âbhinibbatta),Sn.420 (°uppattika “in his first youth”); J.III,394 (°uggata newly sprung up).-- A second compar.formation is paṭhamatara,only as adv.°ṁ at the (very) first,as early as possible,first of all Vin.I,30; J.VI,510; DhA.I,138; VvA.230; PvA.93.(Page 402)