Parapurusha, Para-purusha, Parapuruṣa: 12 definitions
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Parapurusha has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Parapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Parapurusa or Parapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchParapuruṣa (परपुरुष):—(para + pu) m.
1) der höchste Geist, Beiname Viṣṇu’s [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 28.] —
2) ein fremder Mann (Ehemann) [KĀLIDĀSA im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungParapuruṣa (परपुरुष):—m. —
1) ein fremder Ehemann. —
2) *der höchste Geist , Beiname Viṣṇu's.
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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Partial matches: Purusha, Para.
Starts with: Parapurushan.
Ends with: Aparapurusha.
Full-text: Brahma.
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