Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [prac bhavārthe kha] 1 Turn- ed towards the front or east, eastern, easterly.
2 Previous, for- mer, previously mentioned.
3 Old, ancient. naḥ -naṃ A fence, wall. naṃ ind. 1 In front.
2 Eastward (abl.).
3 Before. Comp. agra a. = prāgagra q. v. āvītaṃ the sacred thread (yajñopavīta) worn over the right shoulder and passed under the left arm, as at a Śrāddha. āvītin, -upavīta a. wearing the...