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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.]
pūrvāparamपूर्वापरम्pūrvāparám (ám), ind. one after another, [RV.]; [ĀpŚr.], Sch.
pūrvāparatvaपूर्वापरत्वpūrvāpara—tva n., [Śaṃk.]
pūrvāparadinaपूर्वापरदिनpūrvāpara—dina n. forenoon and afternoon, [Cat.]
pūrvāpararātriपूर्वापररात्रिpūrvāpara—rātri f. the former and latter half of the night, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
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.
pūrvāparasmārtaprayogaपूर्वापरस्मार्तप्रयोगpūrvāpara—smārta-prayoga m. N. of wk.