पूर्व—पक्ष m. m. the fore part or side,
[TBr.] °क्षाह the first half of a lunar month, the fortnight of the waxing moon,
[TS.] ;
[Br.] ;
[Lāṭy.] &c. (, a day in the first half &c.,
[ĀpGṛ.] )
the first half of a year,
KātyŚr.an action at law, the first statement of the plaintiff, first step in a law-suit,
[Yājñ.] ;
[Viṣṇ.] ;
[Nār.] the first objection to an assertion in any discussion, the prima facie view or argument in any question,
[Śaṃk.] ;
[Suśr.] ;
[MārkP.] (
cf. [IW. 99] )