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pūrvavat

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).