Purvi, Pūrvī: 11 definitions
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Purvi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypūrvī (पूर्वी).—f (pūrva S) A musical mode. 2 The exordium or introductory portion of epistles.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpūrvī (पूर्वी).—f A musical mode.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPūrvi (पूर्वि).—m.c. for pūrve, q.v.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrvī (पूर्वी).—v. puru.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrvī (पूर्वी):—[from pūrviṇa > pūrva] f. See puru.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPūrvī (पूर्वी):—(a) eastern; also [pūrvīya; —dvīpasamūha] the islands of the east-Jawa:, Sumatra:, etc.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPūrvi (ಪೂರ್ವಿ):—[noun] (mus.) name of a Karnāṭaka rāga (musical mode) derived from the main mode Māyāmāḷavagauḷa.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPūrvi (பூர்வி) noun (Music) A musical mode; இராகவகை. [iragavagai.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+5): Poorviy-samskruti, Purvi-golarddha, Purvi-madala, Purvibija, Purviga, Purvika, Purvikacarittiram, Purvikam, Purvikan, Purvikaroti, Purvikavitikacam, Purvikayam, Purvikku, Purvila, Purvim, Purvin, Purvina, Purvineshtha, Purviya, Purviya-darshana.
Ends with: Abhinnadashapurvi, Anupurvi, Apurvi, Caturdashapurvi, Chaturdashapurvi, Dashapurvi, Devanupurvi, Gajapurvi, Kalanupurvi, Mandanupurvi, Manushyanupurvi, Narakanupurvi, Pashanupurvi, Pashcanupurvi, Pashchanupurvi, Tiryaganupurvi, Vakya-purvi.
Full-text: Purvi-golarddha, Purvi-madala, Purvim, Anupurva, Puru, Bhajanashila, Arayagha, Nabh, Purve, Sattvasara, Adhala, Jevanem, Astai, Taka, Sam, Pubba.
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Search found 6 books and stories containing Purvi, Pūrvī, Pūrvi, Poorvi; (plurals include: Purvis, Pūrvīs, Pūrvis, Poorvis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
In Tune with Nature < [September 1945]
Reason in Carnatic Music < [April 1949]
Veena Dhanam < [December 1938]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.14.65 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 4.1c - Akheda (Absence of weariness) < [Chapter 4 - The Eight Yogadṛṣṭis and the nature of a Liberated Soul]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Vallabha’s Interpretation of the Brahma-sūtra < [Chapter XXXI - The Philosophy of Vallabha]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 10 - Characteristics of the Vedic Gods < [Chapter 1 - Vedic Concept of God and Religion]