Apurvata, Apūrvata, Apūrvatā: 7 definitions
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Apurvata means something in 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.
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Mīmāṃsā (school of philosophy)
Source: Srimatham: Mīmāṃsa: The Study of Hindu ExegesisApūrvata (अपूर्वत, “novelty of meaning”) refers to one of the various tools used by authors displaying their skill in the art of writing.—Often a text may introduce a new explanation of a term or a new and expanded development upon a previous theme. Or perhaps a different way of conceptualising the Absolute Brahman.
Mimamsa (मीमांसा, mīmāṃsā) refers to one of the six orthodox Hindu schools of philosophy, emphasizing the nature of dharma and the philosophy of language. The literature in this school is also known for its in-depth study of ritual actions and social duties.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApūrvatā (अपूर्वता).—Not having existed before, incomparableness, unparalleled or extraordinary nature; अपूर्व- त्वात्प्रबन्धस्य (apūrva- tvātprabandhasya) Mv.1.
See also (synonyms): apūrvatva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryApūrvatā (अपूर्वता).—[a-pūrva + tā], f. and apūrvatva a-pūrva + tva, n. Condition of having no antecedent, i. e. acquiring an understanding of the only real being from no other authority than the Vedic texts, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Apūrvatā (अपूर्वता):—[=a-pūrva-tā] [from a-pūrva] f. the being unpreceded, the not having existed before, incomparableness, etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApūrvatā (अपूर्वता):—f.
(-tā) or apūrvatva n.
(-tvam) 1) The not being pre-ceded by any thing.
2) The being unprecedented, wonderful, extraordinary.
3) The not having existed before, the being new (and therefore requiring an authoritative injunction or vidhi); e. g. in the Vedānta Sūtra: stutimātramupādānāditi cennāpūrvatvāt (Śaṅkara: na stutimātramāsāṃ śrutīnāṃ prayojanaṃ yuktam . apūrvatvāt . vidhyarthatāyāṃ hyapūrvārtho vihito bhavati stutyarthatāyāṃ tvānarthakyameva syāt); or in the Jaimini Sūtra: vacanāni tvapūrvatvāttasmādyathopadeśaṃ syuḥ (Śabara: evamapūrvamarthaṃ vidadhatorthavattā bhaviṣyati &c.); or Jaimini: apūrvatvādvidhānaṃ syāt . (Śabara: na tatra kaścitpurvaprāpto yāgo vidyate &c.); or in an Adhik. of Mādhava: nivītaṃ tu manuṣyāṇāṃ vidhirvaiṣorthavādakaḥ . apūrvatvātprakaraṇānnuḥ kratorvā vidhīyate ..…nivītasya pūrvaṃ mānāntareṇāprāptatvādvidheyatvamabhyupeyam &c.
4) (In the Vedānta philosophy.) Acquiring an understanding of the Real besides which there is nothing else (advitīyavastu) from no other authority than the vaidik writings; it is one of the six characteristics of the śravaṇa or ascertaining by means of study the purport of the Vedānta; (comp. besides upakramopasaṃhāra, abhyāsa, phala, arthavāda and upapatti; and see also manana, nididhyāsana and samādhi).
5) (In the Mīmāṃsā philosophy.) [a.]) The being or having the unseen power apūrva q. v. I. 1. 2. 1. a.; e. g. in the Jaimini Sūtra: śrapaṇānāṃ tvapūrvatvātpradānārthe vidhānaṃ syāt (opposed as pūrvapakṣa, to the siddhānta: saṃskāraṃ prati bhāvācca tasmādapyapradānaṃ syāt; comp. for the term saṃskāra s. v. apūrva I. 1. 2. 1. a.). [b.]) The being a sacrificial act called apūrva q. v. I. 1. 2. 1. b.; e. g. in the Jaimini Sūtra: apūrvatāṃ tu darśayedgrahaṇasyārthavattvāt; or in the Adhikaraṇa of Mādhava: darvihome somadharmā apūrvatvamutāgrimaḥ . avyakteryajyabhāvācca svāhoktyāderapūrvatā (comp. apūrvakarmatva in the instance s. v. apūrvakarman. [[c.]) For the meaning ‘the being an injunction apūrva’ q. v. I. 1. 2. 1. c. I have no safe instance to adduce.]
6) The not having had before (scil. a husband); used so in the Vārttika and the Kārikā to Pāṇ. Iv. 2. 13: striyā apūrvatve, or apūrvatvaṃ yadā tasyāḥ. E. apūrva, taddh. aff. tal or tva.
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