Apurva, Apūrva: 20 definitions

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Apurva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Apurva has 18 English definitions available.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Apūrva (अपूर्व):—(3. a + pūrva)

1) adj. a) kein Vorderes habend: tadetadbrahmāpūrvamanaparam [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 5, 5, 19.] [?(= Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 2, 5, 19.) 6, 8, 8.] — b) keinen Vorgang habend, nie dagewesen, ganz neu, unvergleichlich [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 34, 2.] apūrvāṇāṃ (sc. astrāṇāṃ) ca janane śaktaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 23, 17.] parvatam [6, 84, 2.] maṇiḥ [Pañcatantra V, 40.] sattvam [63, 7.] bhakṣyaviśeṣān [199, 13. II, 16.] anugrahaḥ [Śākuntala 110, 7.] dṛṣṭaḥ kiṃ ko pi yuṣmābhirihāpūrvaḥ pumān [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 296.] caritādbhutam [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 51.] nāpūrvaṃ varṇitaṃ tvayā [54.] [Śṛṅgāratilaka 17.] Vgl. apūrveṇa . —

2) n. eine nicht unmittelbare, eine entfernte Folge [ADHIKARAṆAMĀLĀ im Śabdakalpadruma] [Colebrooke I, 318.]

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Apūrva (अपूर्व):—

1) a) [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 3, 57.] — b) [Kathāsaritsāgara 53, 186.] — c) a zum vorangehenden Laut habend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 3, 17.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Apūrva (अपूर्व):—1. —

1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) keinen Vorderen — , kein Vorderes habend. — b) keinen Vorgänger habend [Pāṇini. 4,2,13.] noch nicht dagewesen , ganz neu [Jaimini's Mimāṃsādarśana 3,8,31.] prajāpatastenūḥ [Āśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtra 8,13,13.] unvergleichlich. —

2) m. (sc. yajña) mit oder ohne prajāpates ein best. Opfer [Tāṇḍyabrāhmaṇa 17,10,4.] [Vaitānasūtra 39.] —

3) n. die wunderthätige Wirkung einer religiösen Handlung [Jaiminiyanyāyamālāvistara 2,1,1.fgg.] Comm. zu [Jaimini's Mimāṃsādarśana 2,1,1.fgg.]

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Apūrva (अपूर्व):—2. Adj. ā zum vorangehenden Laut habend.

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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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