Purvaja, Pūrvaja: 9 definitions

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Purvaja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pūrvaja (पूर्वज):—(pūrva + ja) adj. f. ā vor Andern geboren, entstanden; vormalig, uralt: Himmel und Erde [Ṛgveda 7, 53, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 8, 1, 29.] ṛṣi [Ṛgveda 8, 6, 41. 10, 14, 15.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 32.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 31.] die Aśvin [Mahābhārata 1, 722. Viṣṇu] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 5, 1. 7, 10, 25.] deva Brahman [Mahābhārata 1, 7284.] bhrātṛvya [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 5, 3, 1.] kṣatra der älteste Kṣ., der Ur- Kṣ. [Harivaṃśa 77.] zuerstgeboren, älter (Sohn, Bruder, Schwester); m. ein älterer Bruder [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 43.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 551.] [Halāyudha 2, 351.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 226. 3, 171. 9, 122. fg.] [Mahābhārata 3, 10881. 6, 5432. 14, 162.] [Harivaṃśa 563. 565.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 35, 7. 2, 37, 26. 50, 1. 110, 36.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 52, 11. 6, 16, 1.] [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 36.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 104.] ikṣvākupūrvajānputrān unter denen Ikṣv. der Aelteste war [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 2, 2.] Vorfahr, Ahn; sg. [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 5, 2. 40, 2.] pl. [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 21, 136.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 6.] tiṣṭha tvaṃ dehi yuddhaṃ me tato drakṣyasi pūrvajān [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 10, 14.] [Raghuvaṃśa 16, 34.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 63.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 8, 25. 8, 19, 15.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 31, 6. 133, 15.] [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 185, 7.] adj. vorhergehend: jyeṣṭhāmūlīyamicchanti māsamāṣāḍhapūrvajam [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 111]; vgl. pūrvaga .

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

Pūrvaja (पूर्वज):——

1) Adj. — a) vor Andern geboren , — entstanden , vormalig , uralt. — b) zuerstgeboren , älter , der älteste (Sohn , Bruder , Schwester). — c) vorhergehend vor (im Comp. vorangehend). —

2) m. — a) Vorfahr , Ahn [214,27] kṣatra der Ur-Kṣatriya. — b) der älteste Sohn [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra 28,3,9.] — c) ein älterer Bruder , der älteste Br.

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Pūrvajā (पूर्वजा):—([Ṛgveda (roth). 8,6,41]). und pūrvajāvan Adj. = pūrvaja 1)a).

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