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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
pūrvāपूर्वाpū́rvā (ā), f. (with or sc. diś) the east, [MBh.]; [R.]
N. of a country to the east of Madhya-deśa, [L.]
of the Nakṣatras Pūrva-phalgunī, Pūrvāṣāḍhā and Pūrvabhadrapadā collectively, [Var.]
pūrvāśāपूर्वाशाf. the east, [Hcat.]
pūrvādiपूर्वादिmfn. beginning with the word pūrva, [Var.]
pūrvāṅgaपूर्वाङ्गn. the former body, [Kathās.]
a constituent part of the preceding, [VPrāt.], Sch.
m. the first day in the civil month, [Sūryapr.]
pūrvāśinपूर्वाशिन्mfn. eating before another (abl. or loc.), [MBh.]
pūrvādriपूर्वाद्रिm. = °va-parvata, [Kathās.]
pūrvādyaपूर्वाद्यmfn. beginning with the east, [ib.]
pūrvāgniपूर्वाग्निpūrvāgní m. ‘original or primaeval fire’, the householder's sacred formerly (= āvasa-thya), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
pūrvāhṇaपूर्वाह्णpūrvāhṇá m. the earlier part of the day, forenoon (mostly loc.; sometimes incorrectly pūrvāhna), [RV.] &c. &c.
pūrvāntaपूर्वान्तm. (in gram.) the end of a preceding word
anticipation (= pūrvakoti), [L.]
pūrvāpuṣपूर्वापुष्pūrvāpúṣ (?), [RV. viii, 22, 2] ([Sāy.] = pūrveṣām poṣakaḥ; v.l. pūrāyus, q.v.)
pūrvārdhaपूर्वार्धpūrvārdhá m. (later n.) the front or upper part
eastern side (opp. to jaghanārdha, uttarārdha &c.), [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.] &c.
the fore or first half (of a hemistich), [Śrutab.]
(with dinasya) forenoon, [Bhartṛ.] &c.
pūrvāsinपूर्वासिन्pūrvāsín mfn. shooting before (another), [AV.]
pūrvāyusपूर्वायुस्pūrv-āyus See under pūrva.
pūrvāyús mfn. (prob.) ‘of an early age’, young, [RV.] (v.l. for pūrvāpúṣ, q.v.; others pūrv-āyus, ‘having or granting vital power’).
pūrvādhikaपूर्वाधिकmfn. greater than before
pūrvācalaपूर्वाचलm. = °va-parvata, [VarP.]; [Śatr.]
pūrvāparaपूर्वापरmfn. being before and behind
directed forward and backward, eastern and western, [KātyŚr.]; [Kālid.] &c. (-tva n., [Śaṃk.])
prior and subsequent, first and last
preceding and following, following one another, connected with one another, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
n. that which is before and behind, east and west, [Sūryas.]
connection, [Mn. viii, 56]
the proof and thing to be proved, [W.]
pūrvārāmaपूर्वारामm. ‘eastern garden’, N. of a Buddhist monastery.
pūrvārdhyaपूर्वार्ध्यmfn. being on the eastern side, [Lāṭy.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Pāṇ.], Sch.
pūrvātithaपूर्वातिथn. (= paurv°) N. of sev. Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
pūrvātithiपूर्वातिथिm. N. of a man, [Cat.]
pūrvāṣāḍhāपूर्वाषाढाf. the first of two constellations called Aṣāḍhā (the 18th or 20th Nakṣatra or lunar asterism), [Var.]; [Pur.]
pūrvābhyāsaपूर्वाभ्यासm. the repetition of what precedes
pūrvāditasपूर्वादितस्ind. beginning from the east, [ib.]
pūrvāhṇakaपूर्वाह्णकpūrvā°hṇaka m. ‘born in the forenoon’, N. of a man, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 28]
pūrvāhṇikaपूर्वाह्णिकpūrvā°hṇika mf(I)n. id., [MBh.]
pūrvā°hṇika n. a matutinal ceremony or sacrifice = p°-kriyā (or -vidhi), [MBh.]
pūrvāmbudhiपूर्वाम्बुधिm. the eastern ocean, [Kathās.]
pūrvāparamपूर्वापरम्pūrvāparám (ám), ind. one after another, [RV.]; [ĀpŚr.], Sch.
pūrvāparyaपूर्वापर्यpūrvā°parya n. = paurvāparya
pūrvārcikaपूर्वार्चिकn. N. of the first half of the Sāma-veda (the second half of which is called uttarārcika).
pūrvārjitaपूर्वार्जितmfn. attained or gained formerly or by former works, [Kathās.]
pūrvābhimukhaपूर्वाभिमुखmf(A)n. turned or flowing towards the east (as rivers), [Suśr.]
pūrvābhirāmāपूर्वाभिरामाf. N. of a river, [MBh.]
pūrvābhiṣekaपूर्वाभिषेकpūrvābhiṣeká m. previous anointing
([Sāy.] ‘a partic. Mantra’), [ŚBr.]
pūrvādhirāmaपूर्वाधिरामn. the more ancient form of the story of Rāma on the form current in the east, [Pāṇ.], Sch.
pūrvācaritaपूर्वाचरितmfn. formerly done or followed, [W.]
pūrvāgnivāhपूर्वाग्निवाह्pūrvāgni—vā́h n. a bull carrying the sacred formerly, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
pūrvāntatasपूर्वान्ततस्pūrvānta—tas ind. in advance, [Lalit.]
pūrvānubhūtaपूर्वानुभूतmfn. formerly felt or enjoyed, [Caurap.]
pūrvānuyogaपूर्वानुयोगm. N. of a Jaina wk. belonging to the Dṛṣṭi-vāda.
pūrvāparībhūपूर्वापरीभूpūrvā°parī-√ bhū to follow one another, be connected with one another, [Nir.]; [Sāh.]
pūrvāvedakaपूर्वावेदकm. ‘making the first statement’, a plaintiff, [Yājñ.]
pūrvābhibhāṣinपूर्वाभिभाषिन्mfn. = -pūrva-bhāṣin, q.v., [Rājat.]
pūrvābhyāsenaपूर्वाभ्यासेनind. afresh, anew, [ŚārṅgP.]
pūrvādhikārinपूर्वाधिकारिन्m. a prior owner, former proprietor, [MW.]
pūrvādhyuṣitaपूर्वाध्युषितmfn. formerly inhabited, [R.]
pūrvāhṇakāleपूर्वाह्णकालेpūrvā°hṇa-kāle ind. (or °hṇe-k°, °hṇa-tare or °hṇe-t°, °hṇa-tame or °hṇe-t° [[Pāṇ. vi, 3, 17], Sch.], °hṇe-tarām or -tamām [[v, 4, 11], Sch.]) in the forenoon
pūrvāhṇakṛtaपूर्वाह्णकृतpūrvāhṇa—kṛta mfn. = °hṇe-kṛ° [[ii, 1, 45], Sch.], to be done in the forenoon
pūrvāhṇatanaपूर्वाह्णतनpūrvā°hṇa-tana mfn. belonging or relating to the forenoon ([vi, 3, 17], Sch.)
pūrvāhṇegeyaपूर्वाह्णेगेयpūrvā°hṇe-geya mfn. [[ii, 1, 43], Sch.] to be sung in the forenoon
pūrvāhṇetanaपूर्वाह्णेतनpūrvā°hṇe-tana mfn. belonging or relating to the forenoon ([vi, 3, 17], Sch.)
pūrvānuṣṭhitaपूर्वानुष्ठितmfn. observed or performed before
pūrvāpakārinपूर्वापकारिन्mfn. one who has injured another before, [R.]
pūrvāparatvaपूर्वापरत्वpūrvāpara—tva n., [Śaṃk.]
pūrvāparyeṇaपूर्वापर्येणind. one after another, [KātyŚr.], Sch.; [VarBṛ.], Sch.
pūrvārdhabhāgaपूर्वार्धभागpūrvārdha—bhāga m. the upper part, top, [Ragh.]
pūrvārdhakāyaपूर्वार्धकायpūrvārdha—kāya m. the front or upper part of the body, [MBh.]
pūrvāpaharaṇāपूर्वापहरणाf. g. ajādi, [Kāś.] (v.l. °pahāṇā).
pūrvāparāyataपूर्वापरायतpūrvā°parāyata mf(A)n. running from east to west, [KātyŚr.], Sch.
pūrvāparībhāvaपूर्वापरीभावpūrvā°parī-bhāva m. the following one another, succession, [Sarvad.]
pūrvāparadinaपूर्वापरदिनpūrvāpara—dina n. forenoon and afternoon, [Cat.]
pūrvāvadhīritaपूर्वावधीरितmfn. formerly disdained, [Śak.]
pūrvābhādrapadāपूर्वाभाद्रपदाpūrvā-bhādrapadā f. the 25th Nakṣatra, [MBh.] (v.l. pūrva-bh°).
pūrvādhikadyutiपूर्वाधिकद्युतिpūrvādhika—dyuti mfn. more brilliant than before, [Kathās.]
pūrvāgnivahanaपूर्वाग्निवहनpūrvāgni—vahana n. a vehicle for carrying the sacred formerly, [KātyŚr.]
pūrvāpararātriपूर्वापररात्रिpūrvāpara—rātri f. the former and latter half of the night, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
pūrvārdhalambinपूर्वार्धलम्बिन्pūrvārdha—lambin mfn. having the foremost half inclined, leaning forward, [MW.]
pūrvānuṣṭhitatvaपूर्वानुष्ठितत्वpūrvānuṣṭhita—tva n., [Baudh.]
pūrvāparagranthaपूर्वापरग्रन्थpūrvāpara—grantha m. N. of wk.
pūrvāparavirodhaपूर्वापरविरोधpūrvāpara—virodha m. opposition of prior and subsequent, inconsistency, incongruity, [MW.]
pūrvāparadakṣiṇaपूर्वापरदक्षिणpūrvāpara—dakṣiṇa mf(A)n. eastern, western and southern, [MBh.]
pūrvāparaprayogaपूर्वापरप्रयोगpūrvāpara—prayoga m. N. of wk.
pūrvāhṇāparāhṇayoḥपूर्वाह्णापराह्णयोःpūrvā°hṇāparāhṇayoḥ ind. in the forenoon and afternoon, [Lāṭy.]; [Gobh.]
pūrvāṣāḍhajananaśāntiपूर्वाषाढजननशान्तिpūrvāṣā°ḍha-janana-śānti f. N. of wk.
pūrvāparasmārtaprayogaपूर्वापरस्मार्तप्रयोगpūrvāpara—smārta-prayoga m. N. of wk.
pūrvācāryavṛttāntadīpikāपूर्वाचार्यवृत्तान्तदीपिकाpūrvācārya-vṛttānta-dīpikā f. N. of a comm. on wks. of the Rāmānuja school.