pUrva a. (Declined like a pronoun when it implies relative position in time or space, but optionally so in nom. pl. ; and abl. and loc. sing. ) 1 Being in front of, first, foremost. 2 Eastern, easterly, to the east of; grAmAtparvataH pUrvaH Sk. 3 Previous to, earlier than. 4 Old, ancient; pUrvasUriBiH R. 1. 4 ; idaM kaviByaH pUrveByo namovAkaM praSAsmahe U. 1. 1. 5 Former, previous, interior, prior, antecedent ( opp. uttara ); in this sense often at the end of comp. and translated by ‘formerly’ or ‘before’; SrutapUrva &c. 6 Aforesaid, before-mentioned. 7 Initial. 8 Established, customary, of long standing. 9 Early, prime. pUrve vayasi Pt. 1. 165 ‘in early age or prime of life.’ 10 (At the end of comp. ) Preceded by, accompanied by, attended with; saMbaMDamABAzaRapUrvamAhuH R. 2. 58 ; puRyaH Sabdo muniriti muhuH kevalaM rAjapUrvaH Ś. 2. 14 ; tAnsmitapUrvamAha Ku. 7. 47 ; bahumAnapUrvayA 5. 31 ; daSapUrvaraTaM yamAKyayA daSakaMWAriguruM vidurbuDAH R. 8. 29 ; so matipUrvaM Ms. 11. 147 ‘intentionally’, ‘knowingly’; 12. 89 ; aboDapUrvaM ‘unconsciously’, Ś. 5. 2 &c. — rvaH An ancestor, a forefather; pUrvEH kilAyaM parivarDito naH R. 13. 3 ; payaH pUrvEH saniSvAsEH kavozyamupaBujyate 1. 67 ; 5. 14 ; anukAriRi pUrvezA yuktarUpamidaM tvAyi Ś. 2. 16. — rvaM The forepart; anavarataDanurjyAsPAlanakrUrapUrvaM (gAtraM) Ś. 2. 4. — rvA 1 The east 2 N. of a country to the east of Madhyadeśa. — rvaM ind. 1 Before (with abl. ); mAsAtpUrvaM . 2 Formerly, previously, at first, antecedently, before-hand; taM pUrvamaBivAdayet Ms. 2. 117 ; 3. 94 ; 8. 205 ; R. 12. 35 ; praRipAtapUrvaM K. ; BUtapUrvaKarAlayaM U. 2. 17 ‘which formerly was the abode’, &c.; samayapUrvaM Ś. 5 ‘after a formal agree ment.’ 3 Immemorially. ( pUrveRa ‘in front, before’, to the east of’, with gen. or acc. ); adya pUrvaM ‘tillnow’, hitherto’; pUrvaMH -tataH -paScAta ( pb ) upari ‘first-then, first-afterwards’, ‘previously, subsequently’, pUrvaMaDutA or adya ‘formerly-now.’ Comp. — agniH the sacred fire kept in the house ( AvasaTA ). — acalaH, -adriH the eastern mountain behind which the sun and moon are supposed to rise. — aDikArin m. the first occupant, a prior owner. — aMtaH the end of a preceding word. — apara a. 1 eastern and western. katamo'yaM pUrvAparasamudrAvagAQaHsAnumAnAlokyata Ś. 7 ; pUrvAparO toyaniDI vagAhya Ku. 1. 1. 2 first and last. 3 prior and subsequent, preceding and following. 4 connected with another. — (raM) 1 what is before and behind. 2 connection. 3 the proof and the thing to be proved. °viroDaH inconsistency, incongruity. — aBimuKa a. turned towards or facing the east. — aByAsaH former practice or experience. — aMbuDiH the eastern ocean. — arjita a. attained by former works. — (taM) ancestral property. — arDaH -rDaM 1 the first half; dinasya pUrvArDaparArDaBinnA CAyeva nEtrI KalasajjanAnAM Bh. 2. 60 ; samAptaM pUrva rDaM &c. 2 the upper part (of the body); SakuMtalA pUrvArDena SayanAdutTAya Ś. 3 ; R. 16. 6. 3 the first half of a hemistich. — ahRa ; the earlier part of the day, forenoon, Ms. 4. 96 ; 152. ( pUrvAhRatana, pUrvAhRikaH pUrvAhRatana a. relating to the forenoon). — AvedakaH a plaintiff. — AzAQA N. of the 20th lunar mansion consisting of two stars. — itara a , western. — ukta, -udita a. beforementioned, aforesaid. — uttara a. northeastern. — (rA) the northeast. ( — re dual) the preceding and following, antecedent and subsequent. — karman n. 1 a former act or work. 2 the first thing to be done, a prior work. 3 actions done in a former life. 4 preparations, preliminary arrangements. — kalpaH former times. — kAyaH 1 the forepart of the body of animals; paScArDena pravizwaH SarapatanaBayAdBUyasA pUrvakAyaM Ś. 1. 7. 2 the upper part of the body of men; spfSan kareRAnatapUrvakAyaM R. 5. 32 ; paryaMkabaMDasTirapUrvakAyaM Ku. 3. 45. — kAla a. belonging to ancient times. — (laH) former or ancient times. — kAlika, -kAlIna a. ancient. — kAzWA the ( pb ) east, eastern quarter. — kfta a. previously done. — (taM) an act done in a former life. — kowiH f. the starting point of a debate, the first statement or pUrvapakza q. v. — gaMgA N. of the river Narmadā. — codita a. 1 aforesaid, above-mentioned. 2 previously stated or advanced (as an objection). — ja a. 1 born or produced before or formerly, first-produced, firstborn. 2 ancient, old. 3 eastern. — (jaH) 1 an elder brother; Śi. 6. 44 ; R. 15. 36. 2 the son of the elder wife. 3 an ancestor, a forefather: sa pUrvajAnAM kapilena rozAt R. 16. 34. 4 ( pl. ) the progenitors of mankind. 5 the Manes living in the world of the moon. — (jA) an elder sister. — janman n. a former birth. ( — m. ) an elder brother; R. 14. 44 ; 15. 95. — jAtiH f. a former birth. — jYAnaM knowledge of a former life. — dakziRa a. south-eastern. — (RA) the south-east. — dikpatiH Indra, the regent of the east. — dina the forenoon. — diS f. the east. — diSya a. situated towards the east, eastern. — dizwaM the award of destiny. — devaH 1 an ancient deity. 2 a demon or Asura. 3 a progenitor ( pitf ). 4 (dual) a...