Purvva, Pūrvva: 1 definition
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Purvva 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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrvva (पूर्व्व) or Pūrva.—mfn.
(-rvaḥ-rvī-rvaṃ) 1. First, former, prior, preceding, initial. 2. East, eastern. 3. All, entire. 4. Before, in front of. m. plu.
(-rvāḥ) Ancestors, forefathers. f.
(-rbbā) The east. n.
(-rvaṃ) An ancient tradition. E. pūrbba or pūrva to fill, to dwell, &c. aff. ac; hence to derivative and its compounds may be written either with va or va; the second of the duplicate consonants may also be rejected, making it pūrba or pūrva .
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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Starts with (+28): Purvvabhadrapada, Purvvabhashin, Purvvabhukti, Purvvabhyasa, Purvvacarita, Purvvacharita, Purvvachodita, Purvvacodita, Purvvadeha, Purvvadeva, Purvvadevata, Purvvadish, Purvvadri, Purvvadrishta, Purvvaganga, Purvvahna, Purvvahnetana, Purvvakalina, Purvvakoti, Purvvalakshana.
Ends with: Adrishtapurvva, Ananyapurvva, Annapurvva, Anupurvva, Anyapurvva, Apratiyatnapurvva, Apurvva, Atipurvva, Ayatapurvva, Kalikapurvva, Parapurvva, Yathapurvva.
Full-text: Kutaparbba, Purva.
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Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature (by Anindita Adhikari)
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Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)