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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 200, col. 2.
    apūrvārthatva n. (-tvam) The not having existed before, the being

    new (and therefore requiring an authoritative injunction or

    vidhi, comp. apūrva I. 1. 2. 1. a. b.); e. g. Mādhava: tāni (i. e.

    yajñāyudhāni) cātra haviṣṭvena vidhīyante . kutaḥ . mānāntarāprāpta-

    tvenāpūrvārthatvāt; consequently the not resulting from an

    anuvāda q. v.; e. g. (the sentence adhastātsamidhaṃ dhārayan &c.

    is not an anuvādaḥ) daivike haviṣi srugdaṇḍasyopari samiddhā-

    raṇasyāpūrvārthatvena vidhātavyatvāt. E. apūrvārtha, taddh. aff. tva.