Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

pūrvavat पूर्ववत् – as before

adjective · adverb · particle · substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adverb
Cappeller 1891 adverb

Original text · English · adverb

pūrvavát ·adv. as before, as aforesaid.

Monier-Williams 1872 particle

Original text · English · particle

—2. pūrva-vat, ind. as before, as hitherto, as heretofore, as aforesaid; [applied in the Nyāya philosophy to a kind of syllogism, e. g. inferring from the appearance of a dark cloud that rain will fall.]

Petersburger 1855 adverb

Original text · German · adverb

pūrvavát (von pūrva) adv. wie früher, wie bisher, wie zuvor, wie oben gesagt ṚV. 1,31,17. ṚV. 3,2,12. KĀTY. ŚR. 2,5,2. KĀTY. ŚR. 2,6,31. KĀTY. ŚR. 3,4,10. M. 11,213. SUŚR. 1,159,18. SŪRYAS. 3,35. SŪRYAS. 4,5. VID. 264. Spr. 2237. KATHĀS. 7,84. KATHĀS. 31,78. KATHĀS. 49,133. RĀJA-TAR. 1,185. RĀJA-TAR. 4,454. BHĀG. P. 5,10,6.

Böhtlingk 1879 adverb

Original text · German · adverb

pūrvavát Adv. wie früher, wie bisher, wie zuvor, wie oben gesagt.

Apte 1890 adjective · particle · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · particle · substantive neuter

pūrvavat a. 1 Having something antecedent or a cause. 2 Relating to something preceding. — n. One of the three kinds of anumāna, inference of the effect from the cause; i. e. inferring from the rising of clouds that rain will fall. — ind. As before.

Cappeller 1887 adverb

Original text · German · adverb

pūrvavát Adv. wie zuvor, wie gesagt.

Burnouf 1866 adverb

Original text · French · adverb

pūrvavat adv. (sfx. vat) comme auparavant, comme ci-dessus.

Occurrences in source texts (7)

HP 3 occurrences
HP 2.51-2.53: Ujjāyī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.57-2.59: Śītalī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.60-2.68: Bhastrikā 1 occurrence

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HTK 3 occurrences
HTK 10.11*2–14*1: Bhastrikā: Breath like a bellows 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.14*2–17*1: Śītalī and Antaraṅgaka-kumbha 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.26–29*1: Cakra, Śaṅkha, Vāmāvartta, Vartmagati and Gadā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 5.132-5.143: Innere Vārāṇasī 1 occurrence

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