पूर्ब्बज mfn. (
-जः-जा-जं)
1. Born or produced before, either in time or place.
2. Eastern, born in the east.
3. Elder.
m. (
-जः)
1. An elder brother.
2. The son of the elder wife, even though last born.
m. plu. (
-जाः)
1. The deified progenitors of mankind.
2. Ancestors, forefathers in general.
E. पूर्ब्ब formerly or first,
ज born.