Paurusha, Pauruṣa: 21 definitions

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Paurusha has 20 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Pauruṣa can be transliterated into English as Paurusa or Paurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pauruṣa (पौरुष):—(von puruṣa)

1) adj. f. ī a) menschlich, männlich: ekahaṃsaḥ [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 7, 1, 12. 13.] śarīra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 6, 5.] saṃbandha [9, 18, 21.] dharma des Mannes Pflicht [4, 27, 26.] karman [Mahābhārata 12, 718.] guṇāḥ [Sāhityadarpana 89.] — b) Puruscha betreffend, ihm geweiht, ihm gehörig u.s.w.: chandas [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 17, 7.] sūkta (s. puruṣasūkta) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 251.] tanu [Mahābhārata 3, 15824. 12, 13466.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 12, 37. 14, 3.] rūpa [1, 3, 1.] bhāva [Harivaṃśa 11606.] prabhāva [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 26, 16.] visarga [2, 10, 3.] kṣatriya (Schol.: = viṣṇoraṃśaḥ) [3, 6, 31.] — c) eines Mannes (mit ausgesreckten Armen und Händen) Länge habend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 38.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 38.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 600.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 739.] [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 41.] [Halāyudha 5, 19.] —

2) m. die Last, die ein Mensch zu tragen vermag, [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 404.] —

3) f. ī ein menschliches Weib, Frau (vgl. nārī und nara): aśvāṃ ca pauruṣīṃ ca dhenuke [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 29, 25.] —

4) n. a) Männlichkeit, männliche Kraft, Mannesmuth, Heldenmuth, Mannesthat gaṇa yuvādi [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 130.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 18, 120. 29,225.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 739.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 4, 38.] Gegens. strītva [Mahābhārata 13, 542.] yatsvayaṃ karmaṇā kiṃcitphalamāpnoti pūruṣaḥ . pratyakṣametallokeṣu tatpauruṣamiti smṛtam .. [3, 1219. 4, 1267. 13, 2292.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 102. 159.] [Bhagavadgītā 7, 8. 18, 25.] [Harivaṃśa 10197. 10525. 11109.] kāma [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 299, 1 v. u.] daivameva paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 58, 22. 6, 37, 12.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 348.] [Mahābhārata 13, 1932.] [Spr. 65. 471. 648. 2437. 2855.] drakṣyanti tvadya daivasya pauruṣaṃ puruṣasya ca [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 23, 19.] [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 28. 15, 28.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 104, 61.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 13, 5. 27, 172.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 153. 321.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 5, 3. 30, 13.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 7, 9.] [UJJVAL.] in der Einl. zu [Uṇādisūtra 7.] Gewalt im Gegens. zu buddhi Verstand [Kathāsaritsāgara 33, 132. 158.] vinayapauruṣaiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 19, 25.] pauruṣaiḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 21, 20.] — b) Manneslänge [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 438.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 600,] [Scholiast] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 35.] — c) Generation. daśa [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 2, 12.] tripauruṣaścāpi nidhirnīlo nāmaiṣa jāyate [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 68, 41.] tripauruṣī [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 680, 3.] — d) der männliche Same [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 630.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) das männliche Glied [Suśruta 1, 17, 12. 264, 4.] — f) Sonnenzeiger [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 600,] [Scholiast]; vgl. nar, nara . — Vgl. niṣpauruṣa .

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Pauruṣa (पौरुष):—

1) a) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 7, 22.] chāyā [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 284. 294.] — b) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 1, 21.] —

4) a) im Gegens. zu strītva [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 87, 29.] — b) dvipauruṣī chāyā [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 284.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Pauruṣa (पौरुष):——

1) Adj. (f. ī) — a) menschlich. — b) männlich. — c) *eines Mannes Länge habend. — d) Puruṣa betreffend , ihm geweiht , ihm gehörig u.s.w. —

2) m. — a) die Last , die ein Mensch zu tragen vermag. — b) Nomen proprium eines Rākṣasa [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,2,289.] pauruṣeya v.l. —

3) f. ī — a) ein menschliches Weib , Frau. — b) = yāma ein Zeitraum von drei Stunden [Hemacandra's Pariśiṣṭaparvan 9,85.] —

4) n. — a) Mannheit (Gegens. srītva). — b) Männlichkeit , männliche Kraft , Mannesmuth , Heldenmuth , Mannesthat. — c) Gewalt (Gegensatz Verstand ). — d) Manneslänge , Klafter [Rājan 19,56.] — e) Generation. — f) *der männliche Same. — g) das männliche Glied. — h) *Sonnenzeiger.

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