Purvabhukti, Pūrvabhukti, Purva-bhukti: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pūrvabhukti (पूर्वभुक्ति).—f. prior occupation or possession; Manusmṛti 8.252.

Derivable forms: pūrvabhuktiḥ (पूर्वभुक्तिः).

Pūrvabhukti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūrva and bhukti (भुक्ति).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūrvabhukti (पूर्वभुक्ति) or Pūrvvabhukti.—f.

(-ktiḥ) Prior possession. E. pūrva, and bhukti enjoyment.

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

Pūrvabhukti (पूर्वभुक्ति).—[feminine] old or long possession.

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

Pūrvabhukti (पूर्वभुक्ति):—[=pūrva-bhukti] [from pūrva] f. prior or long-continued possession, [Manu-smṛti viii, 252.]

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

Pūrvabhukti (पूर्वभुक्ति):—[pūrva-bhukti] (ktiḥ) 2. f. Prior possession.

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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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