पूर्ववत् /pūrvavat/ adv.
1) как прежде, как раньше
2) как выше сказано

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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  पूर्ववत् [ pūrvavat ] [ pū́rva-vát ]2 ind. as before , as hitherto , as heretofore , as aforesaid

   according to something previous (applied in the Nyāya to a kind of inference such as inferring from the previous appearance of a cloud that rain will fall) Lit. RV. Lit.

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