Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [prāci bhavaḥ yat] 1 Being or situated in front.
2 Being or living in the east, eastern, easterly.
3 Prior, preceding, previous.
4 Ancient, old. cyāḥ (pl.) 1 ‘The eastern country’, the country south or east of the river Sarasvatī.
2 The people of this country. Comp. bhāṃṣā the eastern dialect, language spoken in the east of India.