Purusha, Puruṣa, Pūruṣa: 55 definitions
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Purusha has 53 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Puruṣa and Pūruṣa can be transliterated into English as Purusa or Purusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Purush.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPuruṣa (पुरुष):—
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Pūruṣa (पूरुष):—s. puruṣa .
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Puruṣa (पुरुष):—
1) d) [PAÑCAR. 1, 10, 68.] brahmasvaṃ duranujñātaṃ bhuktaṃ hanti tripūruṣam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 64, 35.] — o) scheint für kiṃpuruṣa zu stehen [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 38, 4] (vgl. [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 7, 7, 1). 19, 49, 4.] — Vgl. mahā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPuruṣa (पुरुष):——
1) m. (metrisch häufig pūruṣa ; adj. Comp. f. ā in Bed. n) auch ī — a) Mann. — b) Mensch ; Pl. Leute. — c) Person. puṃsi puruṣe in einer männlichen Person , in einem Manne. puruṣo daṇḍaḥ so v.a. die personificirte Strafgewalt. puruṣaḥ-puruṣaḥ mit mit demselben Verbum fin. (an zweiter Stelle nicht wiederholt) und gleichem Obj. so v.a. je Einer. — d) Diener , Beamter. — e) Mann , so v.a. Held. — f) pañca puruṣāḥ Bez. von fünf unter bestimmten Constellationen geborenen fürstlichen Personen , Wundermenschen. — g) Pl. Bez. der Brahmanen in Krauñcadvīpa. — h) viel leicht ein best. Thier [Atharvaveda 6,38,4.19,49,4.] Vgl. [Taittirīya brāhmaṇa (Roth). 2,7,2,1,] — i) *ein Kenner des Sāṃkhya. — k) *Freund. — l) Mann , Person. so v.a. Glied eines Geschlechts , Generation. — m) Person des Verbi. prathama unsere dritte madhyama unsere zweite , uttama unsere erste. — n) Mann als Maass = 5 Aratni = 120 Aṅgula [Śulbasūtra 1,19.] — o) Männchen im Auge , Pupille. — p) das persönliche und beseelende im Menschen und in andern Wesen und Körpern ; Seele , Geist. — q) ein gedachtes oberstes Persönliches , der höchste Geist , die Weltseele. Auch in Verbindung mit para , parama und uttama Uebertragen auf Brahman , Viṣṇu , Śiva und Durgā. — r) das Urindividuum , aus welchem der Makrokosmus sich entwickelt. Auch mit dem Patron. Nārāyaṇa. — s) Geist so v.a. Riechstoff der Pflanzen. — t) Name eines Pāda in dem Mahānāmnī-Versen. — u) Bez. des 1ten , 3ten , 5ten , 7ten , 9ten und 11ten Zodiakalbildes. — v) *Rottleria tinctoria. — w) *Clerodendrum phlomoides. — x) Nomen proprium — α) eines Sohnes des Manu Cākṣuṣa. — β) *eines Dieners des Sonnengottes. —
2) f. ī eine weibliche Person [Tāṇḍyabrāhmaṇa 25,10,22.] nach den Commentatoren auch Sclavin. —
3) *n. (!) Beiname des Berges Meru.
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Pūruṣa (पूरुष):—(metrisch) m. = puruṣa.
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