pūrvam | पूर्वम् | pUrvam
pū/rvam | पू/र्वम् | (am | अम् |), ind. before (also as a prep. with abl.), formerly, hitherto, previously (sometimes with pres.), RV. &c. &c. (often ibc., e.g. pūrva-kārin | पूर्व-कारिन् |, active before, pūrvokta | पूर्वोक्त |, said b˚; also ifc. in the sense of ‘with’ e.g. prīti-pūrvam | प्रीति-पूर्वम् |, with love; mati-pūrvam | मति-पूर्वम् | with intention, intentionally; mfdu-pūrva-√ Bāś | म्फ़्दु-पूर्व-√ Bआश् |, to speak kindly; cf. above; also with an ind.p., e.g. pūrva-Bojam | पूर्व-Bओजम् |, or -Buktvā | -Bउक्त्वा |, having eaten b˚, Pāṇ. iii, 4, 24; adya-p˚ | अद्य-प्˚ |, until now, hitherto; p˚ -tataḥ | -ततः |, first-then; pūrva-paṣcāt | पूर्व-पष्चात् |, previously-afterwards; pūrva-upari | पूर्व-उपरि |, previously-subsequently; pūrva-aḍūnā | पूर्व-अडूना | or adya | अद्य |, formerly-now)