apūrvakarman
Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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p. 200, col. 1.
apūrvakarman Karmadh. n. (
-rma)
1 (In the Mīmānsā philosophy.)
A sacrificial act called apūrva q. v. (I. 1. 2. 1. b.); e. g. darvi-
homānāmapūrvakarmatvānnāsti tatra kasyāpi vidhyantasyātideśaḥ.
2 An extraordinary deed. E. apūrva and karman.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)
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p. 56, col. 2.
a-pūrva—karman n. a religious rite or sacrifice (the power of which on the future is not before seen).