existed before or is new (and which therefore requires an
authoritative injunction, or vidhi, comp. apūrva I. 1. 2. 1. a. b.);
e. g. in an Adhikaraṇa of Mādhava: upavītī hi devebhyaḥ
purodañco dvayaṃ vidhiḥ . vādo vāsyānyato'prāpterapūrvārtho vi-
dhīyate; comp. also Śaṅkara on the Vedānta Sūtra quoted
s. v. apūrvatva (3.). 2 (In the Mīmānsā philosophy.) The same
as apūrva I. 1. 2. 1.; e. g. Mādhava: sadasi bhakṣayantītyādīni
vacanānyapūrvārthaṃ pratipādayanti.
II. Bahuvr. m. f. n. (-rthaḥ-rthā-rtham) (In the Mīmānsā philo-
sophy.) Concerning or having for its object the apūrva I. 1.
2. 1.--apūrvārtham on account of the apūrva; e. g. in an Adhik.
of Mādhava where it is opposed to the dravyārtha (comp. the
remark s. v. apūrva I. 1. 2. 1.): yācñākrayāvabhāve sto vidyamāne
'pi vāgrimaḥ . dravyārthatvādapūrvārthaṃ kuryāttau dravyavānapi (in the
comm…tasmātsatyapi dravye tadubhamamadṛṣṭārthaṃ kartavyam). E.
apūrva and artha.