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pūrvva ~ purvva ~ pūrva ~ pūrbba /ɓuːr/ A2221     [Pre-Angkorian pūrvva; cf. mod. Pālicized Khmer បុព្វ pubv /ɓopˈpeəʔ/; Sanskrit pūrva `before, in front, to the front; eastern; first, initial; earlier, former; old, ancient']. definitions 1 n. The east.1 2 v.st. To be located on the east, eastern. 3 adv. On or to the east, easterly, eastward. cf: paścima references pūrbba: K.966:24, 28, 30 (A.D. 1167, JA, 1958:132, RS III, № 35:12); pūrva: K.845:8 (A.D. 878-1077, C V:186); purvva: K.774A:5 (A.D. 860?, C IV:64); K.105/1°:8, 8 bis (A.D. 912?, C VI:183); K.165S:19 (A.D. 957, C VI:132); K.814B:64 (A.D. 1004, BEFEO, XXXVII:379, APK II:106); K.234:18 (A.D. 1007, BEFEO, XV.2:53, XLIII:56, APK II:167); K.100:9 (A.D. 878-977, C VI:214); K.378:10 (A.D. 978-1077, C VII:62); pūrvva: passim, 104 occurrences. citations toy pūrvva (K.457:8), `going by way of the east, = eastward, to the east'. gol ti pūrvva (K.878:8), `the boundary-markers on the east side'. notes 1 In ritual orientation and for other formal purposes pūrva is the primary reference point. Metes and bounds are regularly enumerated clockwise from pūrva unless terrain features intervene. Recognition of the rising sun as the source of productivity and mystic power is of global distribution, dating from neolithic times if not before. In this case we see the overlap and reinforcement of an indigenous idea by one imported from India.
pūrvva /ɓuːr/ PA2292     [Angkorian pūrvva ~ purvva ~ pūrva ~ pūrbba; cf. mod. Pālicized Khmer បុព្វ pubv /ɓopˈpeəʔ/; Sanskrit pūrva `before, in front, to the front; eastern; first, initial; earlier, previous, former, old, ancient']. definitions 1 n. The east. 2 v.st. To be located on the east, eastern. 3 adv. On or to the east, easterly, eastward.1 cf: paścima, dakṣiṇa references K.341S:7 (A.D. 673, C VI:23); K.341N:2 (A.D. 700 (id.); K.788:7 (A.D. 578-777, C VI:61). citations ti pūrvva gui vnur (K.788:7), `to the east of the knoll'. ... oy chvātt bhūmi oy pūrvva prasap liṅgapura (K.341S:6-7), `... to have [them] mark off a piece of land so that it abuts on Liṅgapura on the east'. notes 1 Pou, 317b; LS, 407.