पूर्वक

{ pūrvaka }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पूर्वक  n.  mf( इका)n. earlier, former, previous, prior, first, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. ( स्त्री-प्°, ‘one who was formerly a woman’, भूत-प्°, ‘having been before’; ifc. also = preceded or accompanied by, connected with, consisting in; अम् ind. = after, with, amid, according to)
पूर्वक  m.  m. a forefather, ancestor, [Hariv.]; [R.]; [MārkP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पूर्वक [pūrvaka] a.  a. (At the end of comp.)
Preceded by, attended with; अनामयप्रश्नपूर्वकमाह [Ś.5.]
Preceding, antecedent.
Previous, former, prior.
First.
ever (नित्य); शुचीन् कर्मणि पूर्वके [Mb.12] 85.8; क एषां पूर्वको ब्रह्मन् [Rām.7.4.6.]
-कः   An ancestor, a forefather; एवं विदेहराजश्च जनकः पूर्वकोऽभवत् [Rām.7.57.2.]