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    See also ahampūrvikā, ahaṃpūrvikā.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 100.
    ahampūrvvikā f. (-kā)

    1 Emulative onset, the running forward of soldiers with emulation.

    2 Conceit, vaunting.

    E. ahaṃ I, pūrbva first; affixes as in the last; I will be foremost, &c.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 79, col. 2.
    aha-mpūrvvikā (kā) 1. f. Emulative
    onset, vaunting.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 82, col. 2.
    ahampūrvvikā

    f. (-kā)

    1. Emulative onset, the running forward of soldiers
    with emulation.

    2. Conceit, vaunting.

    E. aham I, pūrvva first; affixes
    as in the last; I will be foremost.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 577, col. 2.
    ahampūrvvikā strī ahaṃ pūrvvo'haṃ pūrvva ityabhidhānaṃ yatra .
    yodhādīnāṃ autsukyāt ahameva pūrvvaṃ yāsyāmītyadhyavasāye-
    noktau “javādahaṃpūrvvikayā yiyāsubhiḥ” kirā0 .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 159.
    ahampūrvvikā , strī, (ahaṃ pūrvvaṃ ahaṃ pūrvvamiti kathanaṃ
    yatra . ahampūrvva + ṭhan + svārthekan + tataṣṭāp .)
    ahampūrvvaṃ agre bhavāmi ahaṃ pūrvvaṃ agre bhavāmi
    ityanyo'nyaṃ yodhānāṃ dhāvanakriyā . ityamaraḥ .
    āmi agre yāva valiyā yoddhā digera paraspara
    āge dhāoyā iti bhāṣā . (yathā kirāte, —
    “sugeṣu durgeṣu ca tulyavikramai-
    rjavādahampūrvvikayā yiyāsubhiḥ” .)