English Meaning of purvapada

Meaning of 'purvapada'

n (S) The precept, rule, maxim &c. which a Haridas or legend-expounder delivers at the opening of his lecture; and which he strives, by an apt arrangement of arguments and illustrations, to introduce again at the conclusion developed and established. Hence purvapadasa yene To revert to the first or former state;--a work after much labor bestowed upon it, a person after efforts to reform. 2 The first member (of a compounded word, sentence, verse &c.)ṃ

Meaning of पूर्वपद

n (S) The precept, rule, maxim &c. which a Haridás or legend-expounder delivers at the opening of his lecture; and which he strives, by an apt arrangement of arguments and illustrations, to introduce again at the conclusion developed and established. Hence पूर्वपदास येणें To revert to the first or former state;--a work after much labor bestowed upon it, a person after efforts to reform. 2 The first member (of a compounded word, sentence, verse &c.)

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