===> [ pUrva ]1[ p'Urva ] mf ([ A ]) n. (connected with [ purA ], [ 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. (1) See Pāṇ. 1-1, 27 ; 34 ; vii, 1, 16) being before or in front fore, first RV. &c. &c. (2) eastern, to the east of (abl.) ib. (3) former, prior, preceding, previous to, earlier than (abl. or comp.) ib. ([ gaja-pUrva ], preceding the number ` eight ', i. e. seven, the seventh Śrutab (4) [ mAsena p° ], or [ mAsa-p° ], earlier by a month Pāṇ. 2-1, 31 (5) ifc. often = formerly or before, e. g. [ strI-p° ], formerly a wife (6) [ ADhya-p° ], formerly wealthy (7) esp. after a p. p., e. g. [ kRta-p° ], done before, [ dRSTa-p° ], seen before (8) ifc. also preceded or accompanied by, attended with, e. g. [ smita-pUrvA-vAk ], speech accompanied by smiles (9) sometimes not translatable, e. g. [ mRdu-pUrvA vAk ], kind speech) (10) ancient, old, customary, traditional RV. &c. &c. (11) first (in a series), initial, lowest (opp. to [ uttara ] (12) with [ dama ] or [ sAhasa ] ` the lowest fine ') Mn. viii, 120 &c. (13) (with [ vayas ]) ` first age ', youth MBh. (14) foregoing, aforesaid, mentioned before (abl.) Mn. MBh. Pāṇ. (15) m. an ancestor, forefather (pl. the ancients, ancestors) RV. &c. &c. (16) an elder brother R. (17) N. of a prince BhP. (18) ([ A ]), f. (with or sc. [ diz ]) the east MBh. R. (19) N. of a country to the east of Madhya-deśa L. (20) of the Nakshatras Pūrva-phalgunt, Pūrv^ashāḍhā and Pūrvabhadrapadā collectively Var (21) n. the fore part Śak. ii, 4 (cf. Pāṇ. 2-2, 1) (22) a partic. high number (applied to a period of years) Buddh. (23) N. of the most ancient of Jaina writings (of which 14 are enumerated) L. (24) N. of a Tantra Cat. (25) an ancient tradition W. (26) ([ am ]), ind. before (also as a prep. with abl.), formerly, hitherto, previously (sometimes with pres.) RV. &c. &c. (often ibc., e. g. [ pUrva-kArin ], active before, [ pUrv^okta ], said before (27) also ifc. in the sense of ` with ', e. g. [ prIti-pUrvam ], with love (28) [ mati-pUrvam ] with intention, intentionally (29) [ mRdu-pUrva-√ bhAS ], to speak kindly (30) cf. above (31) also with an ind. p., e. g. [ pUrva-bhojam ], or [ -bhuktvA ], having eaten before Pāṇ. 3-4, 24 (32) [ adya-p° ], until now, hitherto (33) previously [ -tataH ], first-then (34) [ pUrva-pazcAt ], previously-afterwards (35) [ pUrva-upari ], previously-subsequently (36) [ pUrva-adhUnA ] or [ adya ], formerly-now) (37) ([ eNa ]), ind. in front, before (38) eastward, to the east of (opp. to [ apareNa ], with gen. or acc. (39) cf. Pāṇ. 5-3, 35 Sch.) ŚBr. &c. &c. (40) (with [ tataH ]) ` to the east of that ' MBh.