[translation-san] {L,C,MSA,MV} pūrva
[translation-san] {C} purvaṃkara
[translation-san] {C} pūrvam (=pūrvaka)
[translation-san] {C} paurvaka
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} prior; previous; former
[translation-eng] {C} first; formerly; before; first of all; up to now; so far; in the past; previously described; of the past