Adhipurusha, Adhipūruṣa, Adhipuruṣa: 7 definitions
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Adhipurusha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Adhipurusha has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Adhipūruṣa and Adhipuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Adhipurusa or Adhipurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAdhipuruṣa (अधिपुरुष):—(1. adhi + puruṣa) m. der höchste Geist [Viṣṇupurāṇa 93.]
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Adhipūruṣa (अधिपूरुष):—m. = adhipuruṣa = virāj = manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvaḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 39,a,7.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAdhipuruṣa (अधिपुरुष):—m. der höchste Geist [Jaimini's Mimāṃsādarśana 6,2,16.]
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Adhipūruṣa (अधिपूरुष):—m. der höchste Geist [Viṣṇupurāṇa 1,12,59.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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