[Skt.] adj. First, former, prior, preceding, initial, before, in front of: old, ancient. modatidi, modati cotidi, modatikalapudi. East, eastern. modatidikkudi. adv. Formerly, of old. tatpurvamu previously, before which, before that (time or occurrence.) n. Former or ancient times, days of old. purva purva. n. The east. purvakamu purvakamu. adj. Originating in, made of, arising from. buddhipurvakamaina intentional, originating in purpose. vratapurvakamaina in writing. When added to many nouns it makes them adjectives as vinayapurvakamainahumble, humbly expressed. purvakamuga purvakamu-ga. adv. As a token of. As, through, by way of, a token of. As, through, by way of, in accordance with. pramanapurvakamuga on oath.danapurvakamuga willingly, voluntarily. mantrapurvakamuga by means of spells, magically. vinaya purvakamuga humbly. purvaganga purva-ganga. n.The river Narbada. purvaja purvaja. n. An elder sister. akka. purvajanmamu purva-janmamu. n. A former birth. purvajanmaphalamu purva-janma-phalamu. n. The result of action in a former birth. Destiny, fortune, fate. purvajudupurvajudu. n. An elder brother, anna. purvadevudu or purvagirvanudu purva-devudu. n. An elder god, a Rakshasa, raksasudu, tolivelpu. purvapaksamu or purvasiddhantamu purva-pakshamu. n. An argument, one side of a question in logic, vadamu. An objection to an argument. namatalu purvapaksamule all my words were mere statements. purvapaksamaipoyina refuted, rebutted.purvaparvatamu or purvadri purva-parvatamu. n. The eastern mountain out of which the sun is supposed to rise. purvarangamu purva-rangamu. n. A commencement, prologue, overture.natakamunaku modalu. BD. iii. 97. purvabhamukhudu purv-abhi-mukhudu. n. One who faces the east. purvarthamu purv-ardhamu. n. A former half. purvasadha purv-ashada. n. The name of a lunar constellation. purvahnamu purv-ahnamu. n. The first part of the day, the forenoon, dinapurvabhagamu. purvulu or purvavikulu purvulu. n. Ancestors, forefathers, predecessors.purvottaradikku purv-ottara-dikku. n. The north east, purvottaramu purv-ottaramu. n. The whole of an affiar, from the first (purvamu) to the last (uttaramu.) Particulars, details. danipurvottaramueruganu I know nothing whatever about it. ni purvottaramemo ceppu tell me your antecedents. purvotpannamu purv-otpannamu. adj. Primeval. anadiyaina.