Kalapurusha, Kālapuruṣa, Kala-purusha: 10 definitions
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Kalapurusha has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Kālapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Kalapurusa or Kalapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKālapuruṣa (कालपुरुष):—(2. kāla + pu) m.
1) Zeitmann, in der Astrol. ein die Zeit darstellender menschlicher Körper, auf dessen verschiedene Glieder die 12 Zeichen des Thierkreises vertheilt sind, um danach das künftige Schicksal eines Menschen zu bestimmen, [BHAṬṬOTPOLA] und [DĪPIKĀ im Śabdakalpadruma] [ Kunde des Morgenlandes IV, 342.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 278] (kālanara). [Weber’s Verzeichniss 137,a,13.] —
2) Yama's Knecht [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Kālapuruṣa (कालपुरुष):—
1) nach [KERN] das Wesen, welches wir Zeit nennen, [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, 4.] nach [AUFRECHT] figura mortis deum repraesentans [Oxforder Handschriften 35,b,8] [?(= Weber’s Verzeichniss 137,a,13).]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKālapuruṣa (कालपुरुष):—m. —
1) die personificirte Zeit. —
2) ein Scherge des Todesgottes [KĀD.II.74,2.127,8.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Purusha, Kala.
Starts with: Kala-purushatanam, Kalapurushadarshana.
Full-text: Kalanara, Kala-purushatanam, Zodiac, Nakshatrapurusha, Dhatvarthe.
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