Purvanubhuta, Pūrvānubhūta, Pūrvānubhūta, Purva-anubhuta: 4 definitions
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Purvanubhuta 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.
In Hinduism
Shaiva philosophy
Pūrvānubhūta (पूर्वानुभूत) refers to a “previous experience”, according to the Utpaladeva’s Vivṛti on Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā 1.5.8-9.—Accordingly, “Even a sense organ has already been experienced before (pūrvānubhūta) [being inferred]; for this [sense organ] is not inferred in its own specific form, but rather, as a [mere] generality. This is what [I] say in the Vṛtti [with the words] ‘a cause that is a mere indeterminate thing’. The object [inferred in this inference of the sense organs] is a generality [that simply consists in] being a cause; [and this generality] was manifested before [the inference] in the cognition that the seed is a cause of the sprout, [or] in the cognition that clay for instance is a cause of the pot and [other such objects]. [...]”.
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Pūrvānubhūta (पूर्वानुभूत) refers to the “former experiences” (of domesticated elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “On the keeping of elephants and their daily and seasonal regimen”]: “3. Thinking on the pleasure he formerly experienced (pūrvānubhūta) in the jungles [pūrvānubhūtamaṭavīṣu sukhaṃ vicintya], constantly brooding, restraining the flapping of his ears and (the motion of) his tail, becoming excessively haggard from the hardships of the town, in a few days the newly caught elephant comes to death”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Pūrvānubhūta (पूर्वानुभूत):—[from pūrva] mfn. formerly felt or enjoyed, [Caurapañcāśikā]
[Sanskrit to German]
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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Partial matches: Purva, Anubhuta.
Full-text: Anubhuta.
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