See also apūrvvya.
to, not being in, not visible in, what is prior or has
existed before; e. g. uṣas, dawn, ‘since it is not seen in the
night-time which precedes it’; hence also: new, not made
or existed before, as hymns (‘which have never been com-
posed before’), or as Agni (as he is ever new through his
splendour’) &c. E. a neg. and pūrvya (referring &c. to what
precedes or is prior).
II. m. f. n. (-rvyaḥ-rvyā-rvyam) Worth of what has not existed
before, deserving what is extraordinary or excellent (viz.
the Soma-drink), an epithet of Vāyu (according to Sāyaṇa,
who explains the word in the Ṛgv. verse: tvaṃ no vāyave-
ṣāmapūrvyaḥ somānāṃ prathamaḥ pītimarhasi, in this way: na vi-
dyate pūrvaṃ yasmāttatpānamapūrvam . tadarhatītyapūrvyaḥ--comp. Pāṇ.
V. 1. 67.--; but as the word is udātta on the first syllable
the correctness of his interpretation, seems doubtful; the
word might well be, and have the meaning of, the Tatpur.
also in the quoted verse. E. apūrva, taddh. aff. yat.
1) dem nichts vorangeht, der erste: tvaṃ nô vāyaveṣā̀mapū̂rvyaḥ prathàmaḥ pī̀timârhasi ṚV. 1, 134, 6. èṣo ùṣā apū̂rvyā̀ vyûcchati 46, 1.
— 2) dem nichts Aehnliches vorangeht, unvergleichlich, unerhört: stomâḥ ṚV. 10, 23, 6. vacā̂ṃsi 6, 32, 1. brahmā̂ṇi 8, 55, 11. sargâḥ 5, 56, 5. (an diesen vier Stellen neben purutama). Indra 8, 21, 1. 78, 5. Agni 3, 13, 5.
-a 2) (indra) {641,1}; {698,5}.
-as 1) (vāyús) {134,6} [parallel prathamás].
-am [m.] 2) agním {247,5}; sárgam {410,5}; stómam {849,6}.
-am [n.] 2) sumnám {638,1}.
-ā [n.] 2) vácāṃsi {473,1}; bráhmāṇi {675,11}.
-ā [f.] 1) uṣā́s {46,1}.
— 1) dem Nichts vorangeht , der erste.
— 2) der vorzüglichste , unvergleichlich.