प्राचीनprācīnaa.Turned towards the front or east, eastern, easterly.
[प्राच् भवार्थे ख]
- Turned towards the front or east, eastern, easterly.
- Previous, former, previously mentioned.
- Old, ancient. नः, नम् A fence, wall.
- The eastern country; प्राचीनवाहिनीं चैव नदीं भृशम- कर्दमाम् Rām.4.27.16.
Derived forms and compounds
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-नम्
- Indeclinable
- In front.
- Eastward (Ablative)
- Before.
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-अग्र Adjective Equivalent to प्रागग्र quod vide, which see
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-आवीतम् the sacred thread (यज्ञोपवीत) worn over the right shoulder and passed under the left arm, as at a Śrāddha.
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-आवीतिन्, -उपवीत Adjective wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder and under the left arm; सव्ये प्राचीनआवीती निवीती कण्ठसज्जने Ms.2.63.
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-कल्पः a former kalpa quod vide, which see
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-गाथा an ancient story or tradition.
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-तिलकः the moon.
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-पनसः the Bilva tree.
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-बर्हिस् Masculine an epithet of Indra.
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-मतम् an ancient opinion, a belief sanctioned by antiquity.
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-मूल Adjective having roots turned eastward.