pUryasyAm
pūrvasyām ( loc. sg. of Skt. purvā, f. ), or pūrvikāyam ( loc. sg. of f. of Skt. pūrvaka; in both sc. jātau or jātyām), in a former birth : kiṃ punar Bhagavān … Śaṅkhakuñjarasyāsmākaṃ pūrvasyāṃ jātaṃ jānīte Karmav 27.15—16 , but does the Lord know what, in relation to me, happened to (jātaṃ) Ś. (we should expect acc. , °kuñjaram, as what in relation to me was Ś. born ) in his former birth? ; kiṃ punar Bhagavān … asmākaṃ Śaṅkhakuñjaraṃ pūrvikāyāṃ jātaṃ saṃjānīte 27.19—20 , … as what in relation to me Ś. was born in a previous birth? ; saced bhavāñ Chaṅkhakuñjaro 'smākaṃ pūrvikāyāṃ jātaḥ pitābhūt 28.2—3 , if you, Ś. , were born as my father in a previous birth ( Ś. in his present birth was a dog).