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pūrvaka पूर्वक – preceding; preceded by; preparatory

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

preceding; preceded by; preparatory

Derived from

  1. pūrva पूर्व adjective — earlier; preceding; previous
  2. ka क suffix — formative suffix -ka
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

pūrvaka ·f. pūrvikā ealier, former, previous; --° adj. & n. adv. accompanied by etc. = prec.; m. ancestor, forefather.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

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Pūrvaka, as, ikā, am, earlier, former, previous, prior, anterior, preceding, antecedent (often like pūrva, q. v., at the end of a comp.; cf. strī-p˚); first; preceded by, accompanied by, connected with, attended with (at the end of comps. = pūrva, q. v.; cf. vyāhṛti-p˚); (as), m. a forefather, ancestor; (am), ind. preceded by, with, according to, in con- formity with (at the end of comps.; cf. vidhi-p˚, prīti-p˚).

Petersburger 1855 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

pūrvaka (von pūrva) adj. (f. pūrvikā) 1〉 früher: nāman MBH. 1,6473. śucīnkarmaṇi pūrvake MBH. 12,3201. janman MBH. 12,13697. mati MBH. 14,686. HARIV. 9404. In comp. mit dem praed.: strī˚ der früher Weib war MBH. 5,5940. MBH. 6,4481. MBH. 6,4484. bhūta˚ früher gewesen AK. 2,1,13. H. 964. m. Vorfahr, Ahn: yathāsya pūrvako rājā pūruḥ HARIV. 5176. R. 1,44,50. R. 1,66,13. R. GORR. 1,41,2. pūrvakairmama rājendraiḥ R. SCHL. 2,2,3. R. GORR. 2,18,37. R. GORR. 5,7,25. R. GORR. 5,65,5. MĀRK. P. 109,25. — 2〉 der erste: tamikṣvākumayodhyāyāṃ rājānaṃ viddhi pūrvakam R. 1,70,21. R. 2,110,7. dharma Spr. 301. Am Ende eines adj. comp. substantivisch gebraucht: sarve varṇā brāhmaṇapūrvakāḥ HARIV. 11382. tanayāḥ — janamejayapūrvakāḥ BHĀG. P. 9,22,34. ananyapūrvikā die früher keinen andern Mann gehabt hat YĀJÑ. 1,52. devapūrvakam adv. nach den Göttern (vgl. u. pūrva 1,b) M. 3,209. prātaḥ saṃdhyāmupāsīta dantadhāvanapūrvakam nachdem er zuvor die Zähne gereinigt YĀJÑ. 1,98. — 3〉 am Ende eines adj. comp. so v. a. begleitet von, verbunden mit; hier und da schimmert noch die ursprüngliche Bed. des Vorangehenden durch (vgl. pūrva 1,e〉): vyāhṛtipūrvikā M. 2,78. M. 2,81. gāyatrīṃ śirasā sārdhaṃ japedvyāhṛtipūrvikām YĀJÑ. 1,23. lekhyaṃ tu sākṣimatkāryaṃ tasmindhanikapūrvakam YĀJÑ. 2,84. SĀṂKHYAK. 5. SĀṂKHYAK. 30. ākṣepapūrvakaḥ praśnaḥ pūrvapakṣaḥ SUŚR. 2,559,5. cakṣuḥpūrvikā, ghrāṇa˚, śravaṇa˚, tvak˚ vṛttiḥ GAUḌAP._zu_SĀṂKHYAK. 30. uddharatirihoddharaṇapūrvake nidhāne vartate SIDDH. K._zu_P. 4,2,14. gurukulavāsapūrvakavedādhyayanānantaram Schol. zu JAIM. 1,1. ˚pūrvakam so v. a. mit, nach, gemäss, unter: bhobhavatpūrvakaṃ tvenamabhibhāṣeta M. 2,128. vidhi˚ nach der Regel M. 2,173. M. 3,84. M. 3,96. M. 3,99. M. 3,216. M. 4,101. M. 6,5. R. 1,9,29. R. 2,28,14. avidhi˚ BHAG. 9,23. BHAG. 16,17. vidhivanmantrapūrvakam MBH. 1,4249. R. 1,73,22. prīti˚ M. 8,187. M. 9,193. BHAG. 10,10. mati˚ M. 4,166. hetu˚ HARIV. 8035. vacanāvakāśa˚ MĀLAV. 39,1. praṇāma˚ KATHĀS. 25,16. pratipatti˚ PAÑCAT. 117,11. ŚĀK. 92. anāmayapraśna˚ ŚĀK. 64,23. arcitvodakapūrvakam BHĀG. P. 8,20,16. padārthajñāna˚ Schol. zu JAIM. 1,26.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

pūrvaka 3〉 WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 335.

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pūrvaka 2〉 ahiṃsāpūrvako dharmaḥ vor Allem in der Schonung alles Lebenden bestehend Spr. (II) 821.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

pūrvaka — 1〉 Adj. (f. pūrvikā) — a〉 = pūrva 1〉c〉. — b〉 = pūrva 1〉d〉. — 2〉 am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ˚pūrvikā) = pūrva 3〉. — 3〉 m. Vorfahr, Ahn.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

pūrvaka a. (At the end of comp.) 1 Preceded by, attended with; anāmayapraśvapūrvakamāha Ś. 5. 2 Preceding, antecedent. 3 Previous, former, prior. 4 First. — kaḥ An ancestor, a forefather.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

pūrvaka, f. pūrvakā vorangehend, früher; —˚ (adj. u. n. adv.) = vor.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 2–8: Seeking a Teacher 1 occurrence

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PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 1.19–22: Two Approaches 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 1.20-1.31: Karma und Erkenntnis 1 occurrence

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