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Purvansh
पूर्वांशSay it poor-VAANSH
- Meaning today
- East, rising in the east
- Original meaning
- "pūrva, first, eastern, ancient + aṃśa, part, portion" Monier-Williams, p. 643, 1
- Say it
- poor-VAANSH
- Written
- पूर्वांश
- Other spellings
- Poorvansh
- First sound
- पू · Kanya rashi
Purvansh
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Purvansh meaning
Purvansh (पूर्वांश) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, पू, it is a Kanya rashi name (Hasta nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Pūrva, first, eastern, ancient + aṃśa, part, portion
Also used to mean: rising in the east
Purvansh (पूर्वांश) is a modern name joining Sanskrit pūrva with aṃśa, "part, portion". Monier-Williams gives pūrva as being in front or first, as eastern, since the east is the direction one faces at sunrise, and as former or ancient. Name lists read the name as "part of the east" or "one rising in the east", a poetic way of pointing to the rising sun; others take it as "a part of the past". Both readings fit the parts, but the compound is not a recorded word, so neither can be called the original meaning.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 643, 1 · entry pūrva + aṃśa · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, pūrva, p. 643 · Monier-Williams, aṃśa, p. 1
Fits your syllable
First sound पू
Hasta nakshatra, pada 1 · Kanya rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Purvansh · Poorvansh