pUrvayoga
pūrva-yoga , m. (in Mv also nt. ; = Pali pubbayoga), lit. former connexion , i.e. deeds, adventures, lives in former incarnations : pratibhātu te vāgīśa tathāgatasya °go Mv i.267.10—11 , let a previous life of the T. recur to your mind (there follows a story of a former life of the T. and of Vāgīśa together; but Senart is wrong in supposing that this ‘ réunion antérieure ’ is inherent in the mg. of the word); eteṣu pūrvayogā prakīrtitā śāstuno Mv i.338.9 , previous lives or adventures in them; pūrvayoga-saṃpanna, perfected in ( thru ) previous lives , said of the Buddha or Bodhisattva, Mv ii.259.11 ; 287.13 ; iii.320.2 (ye te sattvā °saṃpannā bhavanti te āryadharmacakraṃ pravartenti); colophons, Padumāvatīye pūrvayogaṃ Mv iii.172.4 , and Rāhulabhadrasya pū° 175.19 ; etam eva °ga-parivartam Samādh 8.20 ; °ga-parivarta, title of SP Chap. 7 (not ‘ancient devotion’ with Kern , nor ‘ lʼancienne application ’ with Burnouf , but a former existence , of Śākyamuni and others, under an ancient Buddha).