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पूर्यस्याम् (pUryasyAm)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
pūrvasyām (loc. sg. of Skt. purvā, f.), or pūrvikāyam (loc. sg. of f. of Skt. pūrvaka
in both sc. jātau or jātyām), in a former birth: kiṃ punar Bhagavān Śaṅkhakuñjarasyāsmākaṃ pūrvasyāṃ jātaṃ jānīte Karmav 〔27.15—16〕, but does the Lord know what, in relation to me, happened to (jātaṃ) Ś. (we should expect acc., °kuñjaram, as what in relation to me was Ś. born) in his former birth?
kiṃ punar Bhagavān asmākaṃ Śaṅkhakuñjaraṃ pūrvikāyāṃ jātaṃ saṃjānīte 〔27.19—20〕, as what in relation to me Ś. was born in a previous birth?
saced bhavāñ Chaṅkhakuñjaro 'smākaṃ pūrvikāyāṃ jātaḥ pitābhūt 〔28.2—3〕, if you, Ś., were born as my father in a previous birth (Ś. in his present birth was a dog).