Adrishtapurva, Adṛṣṭapūrva, Adrishta-purva: 9 definitions

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Adrishtapurva means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Adṛṣṭapūrva can be transliterated into English as Adrstapurva or Adrishtapurva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Adrishtapurva in Mahayana glossary
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Adṛṣṭapūrva (अदृष्टपूर्व) refers to “(that which was) not seen before”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[The flowers] were adorned with their own splendor, produced by immeasurable merits, and known by Bodhisattvas of the ten directions. The great three-thousand thousands of worlds were covered with those flowers, and all congregations of the Lord were filled with flowers (puṣpa) up to their knees (jānumātra). Then the whole assembly, having seen the flowers which have never seen or heard before (adṛṣṭapūrva), addressed themselves to the Lord: ‘O Lord, where are such beautiful flowers coming from?’.”.

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context information

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Adrishtapurva in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adṛṣṭapūrva (अदृष्टपूर्व) or Adṛṣṭapūrvva.—mfn.

(-rvaḥ-rvā-rvaṃ) Unseen previously, unseen till now. E. adṛṣṭa, and pūrva before.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adṛṣṭapūrva (अदृष्टपूर्व).—[A-dṛṣṭa-] (vb. dṛś), I. adj. not seen before, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 54, 3.

Adṛṣṭapūrva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adṛṣṭa and pūrva (पूर्व).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adṛṣṭapūrva (अदृष्टपूर्व).—[adjective] not seen before.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adṛṣṭapūrva (अदृष्टपूर्व):—[=a-dṛṣṭa-pūrva] [from a-dṛṣṭa > a-dṛś] mfn. never seen before.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adṛṣṭapūrva (अदृष्टपूर्व):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-rvaḥ-rvā-rvam) Unseen previously, unseen till now. E. adṛṣṭa and pūrva.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adṛṣṭapūrva (अदृष्टपूर्व):—[a-dṛṣṭa-pūrva] (vvaḥ-vvā-vvaṃ) a. Unseen, unheard of before.

[Sanskrit to German]

Adrishtapurva in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Adrishtapurva in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Adṛṣṭapūrva (ಅದೃಷ್ಟಪೂರ್ವ):—[adjective] not seen ever before; being seen for the first time.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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