pūrva पूर्व pū́rva mf(A)n. (connected with purā, puras, pra, and declined like a pron. when implying relative position whether in place or time, but not necessarily in abl. loc. sg. m. n. and nom. pl. m.; see [Pāṇ. i, 1, 27]; [34]; [vii, 1, 16]) being before or in front, fore, first, [RV.] &c. &c. eastern, to the east of (abl.), [ib.] former, prior, preceding, previous to, earlier than (abl. or comp.), [ib.] (gaja-pūrva, preceding the number ‘eight’ i.e. seven, the seventh, [Śrutab.]; māsena p° or māsa-p°, earlier by a month, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 31]; ifc. often = formerly or before, e.g. strī-p°, formerly a wife; āḍhya-p°, formerly wealthy; esp. after a pp., e.g. kṛta-p°, done before, dṛṣṭa-p°, seen before; ifc. also preceded or accompanied by, attended with, e.g. smita-pūrvā vāk, speech accompanied by smiles; sometimes not translatable, e.g. mṛdu-pūrvā vāk, kind speech) ancient, old, customary, traditional, [RV.] &c. &c. first (in a series), initial, lowest (opp. to uttara; with dama or sāhasa ‘the lowest fine’), [Mn. viii, 120] &c. (with vayas) ‘first age’, youth, [MBh.] foregoing, aforesaid, mentioned before (abl.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Pāṇ.] pū́rva m. an ancestor, forefather (pl. the ancients, ancestors), [RV.] &c. &c. an elder brother, [R.] N. of a prince, [BhP.] pū́rva n. the fore part, [Śak. ii, 4] (cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 1]) a partic. high number (applied to a period of years), [Buddh.] N. of the most ancient of Jaina writings (of which 14 are enumerated), [L.] N. of a Tantra, [Cat.] an ancient tradition, [W.] pūrvam पूर्वम् pū́rvam (am), ind. before (also as a prep. with abl.), formerly, hitherto, previously (sometimes with pres.), [RV.] &c. &c. (often ibc., e.g. pūrva-kārin, active before, pūrvokta, said before; also ifc. in the sense of ‘with’ e.g. prīti-pūrvam, with love; mati-pūrvam with intention, intentionally; mṛdu-pūrva-√ bhāṣ, to speak kindly; cf. above; also with an ind.p., e.g. pūrva-bhojam, or -bhuktvā, having eaten before, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 24]; adya-p°, until now, hitherto; previously -tataḥ, first-then; pūrva-paścāt, previously-afterwards; pūrva-upari, previously-subsequently; pūrva-adhūnā or adya, formerly-now) pūrvathā पूर्वथा pūrvá—thā (pūrvá-), ind. formerly or is formerly, previously, first, [RV.]; [TBr.] pūrvaga पूर्वग pūrva—ga mfn. going before preceding, [MBh.]; [Rājat.] belonging to what precedes, [Hemac.] pūrvajā पूर्वजा pūrva—jā (ā), f. an elder sister, [ib.] pūrva—jā́ mfn. born or produced before, [RV.] pūrvaja पूर्वज pūrva—já mfn. born or produced before or formerly, former ancient, primaeval, [RV.] &c. &c. first-born, elder, the eldest (son, brother &c.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. produced by something antecedent, caused, [MW.] born in the east, eastern, [W.] antecedent (to what precedes in comp.), [L.] pūrva—já m. an elder brother, the eldest before, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. an ancestor, forefather, [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Kathās.] &c. the eldest son, [Gaut.] the son of the elder wife, [A.] (pl.) the deified progenitors of mankind, [W.] the Pitṛs living in the world of the moon, [A.] pūrvaka पूर्वक mf(ikA)n. earlier, former, previous, prior, first, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (strī-p°, ‘one who was formerly a woman’, bhūta-p°, ‘having been before’; ifc. also = preceded or accompanied by, connected with, consisting in; am ind. = after, with, amid, according to) m. a forefather, ancestor, [Hariv.]; [R.]; [MārkP.] pūrvapā पूर्वपा pūrva—pā́ mfn. drinking first or before others, [RV.] pūrvasū पूर्वसू pūrva—sū́ mfn. first bringing forth, [RV.] firstborn, ancient, primaeval, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] pūrvatā पूर्वता pūrva—tā f. the being preceded or accompanied by (comp.), [Daś.] pūrvaya पूर्वय mfn. only in upādhāyya-pūrvaya mfn. ‘having an edge or border’ (of braid), trimmed, edged, [TS.] pūrvabhāj पूर्वभाज् pūrva—bhā́j mfn. receiving the first share, the first sharer, preferred, privileged, excellent, [RV.] belonging to the preceding, [Prāt.] pūrvacit पूर्वचित् pūrva—cít mfn. piling up first, preceding in piling up, [VS.] pūrvadiś पूर्वदिश् pūrva—diś f. the eastern region, east quarter, [Pañcad.] pūrvakam पूर्वकम् ind., = after, with, amid, according to pūrvakṛt पूर्वकृत् pūrva—kṛ́t mfn. active from ancient times, [VS.] pūrvastha पूर्वस्थ pūrva—stha mfn. standing first, most excellent, [MBh.] pūrvasad पूर्वसद् pūrva—sád mfn. sitting in front, [SV.] pūrvatas पूर्वतस् pūrva—tas ind. before, in front, towards or in the east, [Gobh.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. first, in the first place, [BhP.] pūrvatra पूर्वत्र pūrva—tra ind. previously, in the preceding part, above (opp. to uttaratra), [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 1] = loc. of pūrva, e.g. pūrvatra janmani, ‘in a former life’, [Kathās.] p° dine, on the day before, [L.] pūrvatva पूर्वत्व pūrva—tva n. precedence, priority, former state or condition, [Jaim.]; [Pāṇ.], Sch. pūrvavah पूर्ववह् pūrva—váh (vā́h), mfn. drawing in front, being the first horse or leader, or harnessed for the first time (applied to a horse), [Br.]; [Kāṭh.]; [ĀpŚr.] pūrvavat पूर्ववत् pūrva—vat mfn. having (or relating to) something preceding or antecedent, [VPrāt.] (an argument) in which a conclusion is drawn from a previous cause to in effect, [Nyāyad.] pūrva—vat f. one who has been previously married, [Āp.] pūrva—vát ind. as before, as hitherto, as heretofore, as aforesaid according to something previous (applied in the Nyāya to a kind of inference such as inferring from the previous appearance of a cloud that rain will fall), [RV.]; &c. pūrva—vat n. add, ‘reasoning from cause to effect’ (one of the 3 kinds of anumāna, cf. śeṣa-vat, p. 1332). pūrvavid पूर्वविद् pūrva—vid mfn. knowing the things or events of the past, [Mn. ix, 44.] pūrvabhāga पूर्वभाग pūrva—bhāga m. the fore part, [L.] the upper part (opp. to adho-bhāga), [Suśr.] dina-p°, the earlier part of the day, forenoon, morning, [Ragh.] pūrva—bhāga mfn. whose conjunction with the moon begins in the forenoon, [Sūryapr.] pūrvabhāva पूर्वभाव pūrva—bhāva m. prior or antecedent existence, priority, [KapS.]; [Bhāṣāp.] (in rhet.) disclosing an intention, [Daśar.]; [Pratāp.] pūrvabhūta पूर्वभूत pūrva—bhūta mfn. existing previously, preceding, [Pāṇ.], Sch. pūrvabhava पूर्वभव pūrva—bhava m. a former life, [Hemac.] pūrvaśaila पूर्वशैल pūrva—śaila m. = -parvata, [L.] pl. N. of a Buddhist school pūrvabādha पूर्वबाध pūrva—bādha m. suspension or annulment of something preceding, [Siṃhās.] pūrvacitī पूर्वचिती pūrva—citī f. w.r. for -cittī, [MBh.] pūrvadeśa पूर्वदेश pūrva—deśa m. the eastern direction (e, to the east of [abl.] [Pāṇ.], Sch.) the eastern country, [MBh.] pūrvadeha पूर्वदेह pūrva—deha m. a former body pūrvadehe पूर्वदेहे pūrva—dehe ind. in a formerly birth or existence, [Hariv.] pūrvadeva पूर्वदेव pūrva—deva m. a primaeval deity, [MBh.] (applied also to the Pitṛs = -devatā, [Mn. iii, 192]) an Asura or demon (offspring of Kaśyapa, the parent of both gods and demons), [Siṃhās.] pūrvadina पूर्वदिन pūrva—dina n. the earlier part of the day, forenoon, [MW.] pūrvagama पूर्वगम pūrva—gama m. (ifc.) a predecessor, [Kāraṇḍ.] pūrvagata पूर्वगत pūrva—gata mfn. gone before, [Śak.] pūrva—gata n. N. of a Jaina wk. belonging to the Dṛṣṭi-vāda. pūrvahūti पूर्वहूति pūrvá—hūti (pūrvá-), f. first or earliest invocation, morning prayer, [RV.]; [VS.] pūrvahoma पूर्वहोम pūrva—homá m. an introductory, sacrifice, [TBr.] pūrvajāti पूर्वजाति pūrva—jāti f. = -janman, [Kathās.] pūrvajana पूर्वजन pūrva—janá m. pl. men of former times, [AV.] pūrvajina पूर्वजिन pūrva—jina m. ‘ancient sage’, N. of Mañju-śrī, [L.] pūrvakāla पूर्वकाल pūrva—kāla m. a former or previous time, [L.] pūrva—kāla mfn. belonging to a formerly time previously mentioned (-tā, f.), [VPrāt.] pūrvakāya पूर्वकाय pūrva—kāya m. the fore (part of the) body (of animals) or the upper (part of the) body (of men), [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c. pūrvakṛta पूर्वकृत pūrva—kṛta mfn. done formerly or in a prior existence, previous pūrva—kṛta n. (with or sc. karman) an action done in former times or in a former birth, [Mn.]; [MBh.] pūrvakoṭi पूर्वकोटि pūrva—koṭi f. anticipation, [L.] the starting point of a discussion, the first statement = pūrva-pakṣa (q.v.), [A.] pūrvamukha पूर्वमुख pūrva—mukha mfn. having the face turned towards the east, [Hcat.] pūrvapāda पूर्वपाद pūrva—pāda m. a forefoot, [KātyŚr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] N. of a man (v.l. pūjya-p°), [Cat.] pūrvapāna पूर्वपान pūrva—pāna ([Nir.]) n. = -pīti. pūrvapīti पूर्वपीति pūrvá—pīti (pūrvá-), f. precedence in drinking, [RV.] pūrvapatha पूर्वपथ pūrva—patha m. a former way, way gone before, [Kathās.] pūrvapada पूर्वपद pūrva—pada n. the first member of a comp. [Prāt.]; [Pāṇ.] &c. pūrvapeya पूर्वपेय pūrva—péya n. precedence in drinking, [RV.]; [AitBr.] precedence, [AV.] pūrvarāga पूर्वराग pūrva—rāga m. earliest or incipient affection, love between two persons which springs from some previous cause, [Sāh.] pūrvarāja पूर्वराज pūrva—rāja m. an ex-king, [Mudr.] pūrvarūpa पूर्वरूप pūrva—rūpá n. indication of something approaching, an omen, [AV.] something prior or antecedent to, (esp.) the symptom of occurring disease, [Car.]; [Suśr.] the first of two concurrent vowels or consonants (-tā f.), [TUp.]; [Prāt.] &c. (in rhet.) a figure of speech which describes the unexpected return of anything to its former state, [Kuval.] pūrva—rūpá mf(A)n. having the previous form or shape, being as before, [Dhūrtas.] pūrvasāra पूर्वसार pūrva—sāra mfn. going eastwards, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 19], Sch. pūrvasūri पूर्वसूरि pūrva—sūri m. an ancient master (of music), [Saṃgīt.] pūrvasara पूर्वसर pūrva—sara mf(I)n. going before, preceding, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 19]; [Bhaṭṭ.] pūrvasevā पूर्वसेवा pūrva—sevā f. first use or practice of (gen.), [Baudh.] pūrvatana पूर्वतन pūrva—tana mfn. former, earlier, [MBh.] pūrvatara पूर्वतर pū́rva—tara (pū́rva-), mfn. earlier, previous, prior, anterior, [RV.] &c. pūrvavāda पूर्ववाद pūrva—vāda m. the first plea or plaint in an action at law, [Viṣṇ.]; [Yājñ., Sch.] pūrvavāyu पूर्ववायु pūrva—vāyu m. the east wind, [Var.] pūrvavṛta पूर्ववृत pūrva—vṛta mfn. chosen before, [Kum.] pūrvavidhi पूर्वविधि pūrva—vidhi m. a preceding rule, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. i, 4, 51] N. of wk. pūrvayoga पूर्वयोग pūrva—yoga m. olden time, history of olden time, [SaddhP.] pūrvabhāvin पूर्वभाविन् pūrva—bhāvin mfn. being anterior, preceding, [TBr.] Comm. pūrvabhāṣin पूर्वभाषिन् pūrva—bhāṣin mfn. speaking first, polite, complaisant, [R.] pūrvabhūbhṛt पूर्वभूभृत् pūrva—bhū-bhṛt m. the eastern mountain (from behind which the sun is supposed to rise) a former prince, [Subh.] pūrvabhukti पूर्वभुक्ति pūrva—bhukti f. prior or long-continued possession, [Mn. viii, 252.] pūrvadhyāna पूर्वध्यान pūrva—dhyāna n. the first (stage of) contemplation, [Bcar.] pūrvaṃgama पूर्वंगम pūrva—ṃ-gama mfn. id., [L.] serving zealously, obedient, [Divyāv.] ifc. attended by, furnished with, [L.] pūrvaṃgata पूर्वंगत pūrva—ṃ-gata mfn. going before, [Dhūrtan.] pūrvaśānti पूर्वशान्ति pūrva—śānti f. N. of wk. pūrvaśīrṣa पूर्वशीर्ष pūrva—śīrṣa mf(A)n. having the head or top turned towards the east, [MBh.] pūrvaśiṣya पूर्वशिष्य pūrva—śiṣya m. (and f(A). ) a former or ancient pupil, [Mālatīm.] pūrvabandhu पूर्वबन्धु pūrva—bandhu m. first i.e. best friend, [Mṛcch.] pūrvacittī पूर्वचित्ती pūrva—cittikā ([Gal.]) and pūrva—cittī ([MBh.]), f. N. of an Apsaras = -citti. pūrvacitta पूर्वचित्त pū́rva—citta (pū́rva-), mfn. w.r. for -cit, [AV.] pūrvacitti पूर्वचित्ति pūrvá—citti (pūrvá-), f. foreboding, presentiment (only dat. ‘at the first notice, forthwith’), [RV.] (prob.) first notion or conception, [VS.] N. of an Apsaras, [VS.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] (prob.) w.r. for -cita, [VS.] pūrvadīkṣā पूर्वदीक्षा pūrva—dīkṣā́ f. the former consecration, [ŚBr.] pūrvadatta पूर्वदत्त pūrva—datta mfn. given before, [Hcat.] pūrvadṛṣṭa पूर्वदृष्ट pūrva—dṛṣṭa mfn. seen before, [Kathās.] appeared in former times, primaeval, [MBh.] declared by the ancients, [Mn. ix, 87.] pūrvadṛṣṭi पूर्वदृष्टि pūrva—dṛṣṭi f. a former view or sight, [MW.] pūrvadiśya पूर्वदिश्य pūrva—diśya mfn. situated towards the east, hearing east eastern, [MW.] pūrvadiṣṭa पूर्वदिष्ट pūrva—diṣṭa mfn. determined by former actions, [BhP.] pūrva—diṣṭa n. the award of destiny, [A.] pūrvadugdha पूर्वदुग्ध pūrva—dugdha mfn. sucked out or plundered before, [Daś.] pūrvadvāra पूर्वद्वार pūrva—dvāra mfn. favourable in the eastern region, [Sūryapr.] pūrvagaṅgā पूर्वगङ्गा pūrva—gaṅgā f. ‘eastern Gaṅgā’, N. of the Narmadā or Revā river, [Kathās.] pūrvajāvan पूर्वजावन् pūrva—jā́van mfn. born or produced before, [RV.] pūrvajñāna पूर्वज्ञान pūrva—jñāna n. knowledge of a former life, [Yājñ.] pūrvakārin पूर्वकारिन् pūrva—kārin mfn. active at first, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] pūrvakārya पूर्वकार्य pūrva—kārya mfn. to be done before or first, [R.] pūrvakāṣṭhā पूर्वकाष्ठा pūrva—kāṣṭhā f. the eastern quarter, [A.] pūrvakalpa पूर्वकल्प pūrva—kalpa m. the preceding or aforesaid manner, [PārGṛ.]; [MBh.] pūrvakalpe पूर्वकल्पे pūrva—kalpe ind. in former times, [MBh.]; [Kull.] pūrvakriyā पूर्वक्रिया pūrva—kriyā f. preparation, [Siṃhās.] pūrvamārin पूर्वमारिन् pūrva—mārin mfn. dying before, [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.] &c.