अपूर्वapūrvaa.Not preceded, not having existed before, like of which did not exist before, quite new; ˚र्वं नाटकम् Ś.1…
- Not preceded, not having existed before, like of which did not exist before, quite new; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedर्वं नाटकम् Ś.1; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedर्वं राजकुलम् M.5; K.191;
- Strange, extraordinary, wonderful; अपूर्वः कोऽपि बहुमानहेतुर्गुरुषु Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4; अपूर्वो दृश्यते वह्निः कामिन्याः स्तनमण्डले । दूरतो दहतीवाङ्गं हृदि लग्नस्तु शीतलः ॥ Ś. Til.17; singular, unexampled, unprecedented; अपूर्व एष विरहमार्गः Ś.6; अपूर्वरूपा दारिका M.1; अतोऽ- पूर्वः खलु वो ऽ नुग्रहः Ś.7; अपूर्वकर्मचाण्डालमयि मुग्धे विमुञ्च माम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.46 committing an unparalleled atrocity.
- Unknown, unacquainted, stranger; अपूर्वोऽप्यथवा विद्वान् यMb.13.22.8; विदितेऽप्यपूर्व इव Ki.6.39.
- Not first.
- Preceded by अ or आ.
- (In Philosophy) 'That unseen virtue which is a relation superinduced, not before possessed, unseen but efficacious to connect the consequence with its past and remote cause and to bring about at a distant period or in another world the relative effect. -Colebrooke.
Derived forms and compounds
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-र्वम्
- The remote consequence of an act (as the acquisition of heaven which is the result of good deeds), (Mīmāṁsā). -
- Virtue and vice (पापपुण्यम्) as the eventual cause of future happiness or misery.
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-र्वः The Supreme Soul (परब्रह्म).
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-कर्मन् Neuter religious rites the power of which on the future is not seen before.
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-पतिः Feminine one who has had no husband before, a virgin; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedतिः कुमारी Sk.
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-वादः discussion or talk about the Supreme Soul.
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-विधिः an authoritative direction or injunction which is quite new; it is of four kinds; कर्मविधि, गूणविधि, विनियोगविधि and प्रयोगविधि.
Source: ApteApte entry
