अपूर्व [apūrva] a.
Not preceded, not having existed before, like of which did not exist before, quite new; ˚र्वं नाटकम्
[Ś.1;] ˚र्वं राजकुलम्
[M.5;] [K.191;] Strange, extraordinary, wonderful; अपूर्वः कोऽपि बहुमानहेतुर्गुरुषु
[U.4;] अपूर्वो दृश्यते वह्निः कामिन्याः स्तनमण्डले । दूरतो दहतीवाङ्गं हृदि लग्नस्तु शीतलः ॥
[Ś. Til.17;] singular, unexampled, unprecedented; अपूर्व एष विरहमार्गः
[Ś.6;] अपूर्वरूपा दारिका
[M.1;] अतोऽ- पूर्वः खलु वो ऽ नुग्रहः
[Ś.7;] अपूर्वकर्मचाण्डालमयि मुग्धे विमुञ्च माम्
[U.1.46] committing an unparalleled atrocity.
Unknown, unacquainted, stranger; अपूर्वोऽप्यथवा विद्वान् यMb.13.22.8; विदितेऽप्यपूर्व इव
[Ki.6.39.] Not first.
Preceded by अ or आ.
(In phil.) 'That unseen virtue which is a relation superinduced, not before possessed, unseen but efficacious to connect the consequence with its past and remote cause and to bring about at a distant period or in another world the relative effect. -Colebrooke.
र्वम् The remote consequence of an act (as the acquisition of heaven which is the result of good deeds), (Mīmāṁsā). -
Virtue and vice (पापपुण्यम्) as the eventual cause of future happiness or misery.
-र्वः The Supreme Soul (परब्रह्म). -Comp.
-कर्मन् n. n. religious rites the power of which on the future is not seen before.
-पतिः f. f. one who has had no husband before, a virgin; ˚तिः कुमारी
[Sk.] -वादः discussion or talk about the Supreme Soul.
-विधिः an authoritative direction or injunction which is quite new; it is of four kinds; कर्मविधि, गूणविधि, विनियोगविधि and प्रयोगविधि.