yaTApOrARa
yathā-paurāṇa , adj. , as of old, as (it had been) before : (nāgabhavano) ca °ṇa-( Senart em. °ṇaṃ) saṃvṛttaṃ devabhavanasaṃnibhaṃ, tasya ca nāgarājño parivāro °ṇaṃ nāga-bhavanaṃ (so read with 1 ms. ) dṛṣṭvā … Mv ii.179.15 ; āśramapadaṃ vinaṣṭaṃ °ṇaṃ bhavatu Divy 48.9 ; °ṇaṃ saṃvṛttaṃ 10; sa bāhur yathāpaurāṇaḥ ( ed. as two words) saṃsthito 'bhūd SP 414.3 .