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pūrvya पूर्व्य – primordial; ancient

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AYI dictionary adjective

primordial; ancient

Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

pūrvyá ·(pū́rvya) a. previous, former, ancient, old; first, best, next, nearest; n. adv. formerly, long, since, hitherto.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Pūrvya, as, ā, am, Ved. former, previous, preceding, ancient, old (opposed to navīyas, nū- tana); first, next, nearest (Sāy. = nediṣṭha); ex- cellent; (according to a Scholiast) young; (am), ind. before, formerly, long since, hitherto, at first.

Petersburger 1855 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

pūrvyá , selten pū́rvya (von pūrva) ved. adj. KĀŚ._zu_P. 5,4,30. = pūrvaiḥ kṛta P. 4,4,133. 1〉 vorherig, bisherig, alt (Gegens. navīyaṃs, nūtana) NAIGH. 3,27. panthā̀ḥ ṚV. 1,35,11. ṚV. 3,31,6. karmāṇi ṚV. 1,61,13. ṚV. 1,117,4. ṚV. 2,11,6. avas ṚV. 4,41,7. giraḥ ṚV. 6,44,13. vacas ṚV. 3,10,5. nābhi ṚV. 4,44,5. hotā̀raṃ ya̱jñeṣù pū̱rvyaṃ hàvāmahe ṚV. 5,20,3. daśa̱ kṣipàḥ pū̱rvyaṃ sī̀majījanan ṚV. 3,23,3. kavayaḥ ṚV. 7,76,4. ṚV. 5,55,8. ṚV. 8,39,3. ṚV. 9,6,3. aśnàsya cicchiśnathatpū̱rvyāṇì ṚV. 2,20,5. AV. 7,21,1. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 5,10,32. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 2,7. — 2〉 vorhergehend, der erste: indrò no a̱sya pū̱rvyaḥ pàpīyāt ṚV. 6,37,2. ṚV. 8,27,3. ṚV. 8,19,2. ṚV. 8,52,1. vājèṣu ṚV. 8,22,1. ṚV. PRĀT. 6,1. der erste so v. a. der nächste: dhanè ṚV. 1,132,1. vorzüglich: brahman ṚV. 10,13,1. vasu ṚV. 10,49,1. Ross ŚAT. BR. 13,4,2,1 (Comm. jung). — 3〉 pūrvyám adv. zuvor, zuerst, längst, bisher: ā̱virbhùvatsa̱ramā̀ pū̱rvyaṃ tè ṚV. 4,16,8. ṚV. 8,22,6. ru̱drā gṛ̀ṇanta̱ pūrvyàṃ ṚV. 8,3,7. — Vgl. a˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

pūrvyá, pūrviá und (seltener) pū́rvia — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā́) — a〉 vorherig, bisherig, alt. — b〉 vorangehend, der ersten. — c〉 der erste. so v. a. der nächste. — d〉 der erste, so v. a. der vorzüglichste. — 2〉 pūrviám Adv. zuvor, zuerst, längst, bisher.

Apte 1890 adjective

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pūrvya a. Ved. 1 Former, previous. 2 Ancient, old. 3 Next, near. 4 Eastern. 5 Excellent.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

pūrvya (pū́rvya) vorherig, ehemalig, alt, vorangehend, der erste, nächste, vorzuglichste. n. pūrvyam zuvor, längst, bisher.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

pūrvya a. (sfx. ya) précédent, antécédent; antérieur.

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SVU 2.4-2.5: Praise of the One 1 occurrence

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SVU 2.6-2.7: Where the Gathered Mind Arises 1 occurrence

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