anupūrva (908)

anupūrva
Entry 908, Page 30, Col. 1

(anupUrva, anupUrva)
anupūrva¦, adj. (cf. Pali anupubba; Skt. anupūrva hardly in the following senses), (1) tapering, Tib. (Mvy 273 etc.) byin gyis phra ba, becoming (gradually) smaller (Jäschke s.v. byin po, by degrees, more and more fine); so in Pali Jāt. v.155.22, of thighs (ūrū), tapering (not regularly formed with CPD, PTSD): SP 338.8 yāvad brahmalokam uccaistvena, anupūrvapariṇāhena, reaching [Page030-b+ 71] to Brahmaloka in height, tapering in circumference (i.e. each smaller than the next lower); anupūrvāṅguli with tapering (so Burnouf correctly, effilés) fingers, Pali anu- pubbaṅguli, one of the anuvyañjana, Mvy 273; Dharmas 84; (anupūrvacitrāṅguli) LV 106.12; Mv ii.43.9; anupūrva- pāṇilekha, with tapering lines of the hand, another anuvyañ- jana, LV 106.15; Mv ii.43.14 (other versions read āyata long instead of anupūrva); anupūrva-daṃṣṭra, with tapering (so Tib.) teeth, another anuvyañjana LV 107.6; Mvy 325; Dharmas 84 (not in Pali); anupūrva-sujāta-skandho Mv ii.71.16, of a lion, with tapering, well-formed shoulders; anupūrvapravaṇam anupūrvaprāgbhāram Divy 113.5, of a mountain, with tapering slopes and sides (getting smaller as they rise); in 113.15 same, preceded by anupūrva- nimnam; anupūrvonnatāni (padmapuṣpāṇi) Mmk 62.5 taperingly lofty, i.e. placed one above another, each smaller than the one below; °va-grīvā LV 27.6 with tapering neck; here Tib. mgul rim bzhin du ḥdug pa, neck made in regular stages or the like (not the usual expression); anu- pūrva-samudgate, of the shanks (jaṅghe) of the mahā- puruṣa, Gv 400.6, in explaining the epithet aiṇeya- jaṅgha; (2) made according to regular order or arrangement, Tib. on Mvy 288 rim par ḥtsham pa, according to regular order: °va-gātra, one of the anuvyañjana, whose limbs are all as they should be in arrangement, LV 106.21; Mv ii.44.3; Mvy 288; Dharmas 84 (Pali anupubba-gatta, and anu- pubba-rucira-gatta); anupūrva (so with v.l.) -surucirāṅgo (cf. the Pali just cited) Mv iii.85.9, said of the horse Valāha; (3) noun, m. (cf. Pali anupubba, nt., Skt. ānupūrva, nt., and ānupurvī, f.), regular order; serial process: Śikṣ 108.3 anupūrva eṣo iha śāsanasya, naikena janmena labheta bodhim, this serial (successive) process applies to the teaching in this world; one cannot get enlightenment in a single birth. See the following entries.