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pUrva;parAvara; dakSiNottarAparAdharANi vyavasthAyAm asaJjJAyAm

पूर्वॱपरावरॱ दक्षिणोत्तरापराधराणि व्यवस्थायामसंज्ञायाम् ONPANINI 11034

But /pUrva- para पर avara अवर dakSiNa दक्षिण uttara उत्तर /apara- adhara अधर are optionally pronouns (before /jas) when they mean relative position and are not tags.

Exception to the exception < prathamacar....

purve dezAH पुर्वे देशाः the eastern countries

ITA —

purvA dezAH पुर्वा देशाः the eastern countries

Why do we say "when they mean relative position"?

pUrvAH पूर्वाः can mean "previous", dakSiNAH दक्षिणाः can mean "dexterous" — no pronounhood allowed in any such senses.

Why do we say "unless when tags"?

If you are in Hawaii you may use apare अपरे to mean "countries west of here", like China and Japan, and you can use pUrve पूर्वे to mean "countries east of here". But if you use pUrva- पूर्वॱ to mean "the countries of the Far East", namely China etc., that's a tag (a proper noun), so it does not get to be a pronoun and you must say pUrvAH पूर्वाः, not purve पुर्वे.