Purushada, Puruṣāda, Purusha-ada: 8 definitions
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Purushada has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Puruṣāda can be transliterated into English as Purusada or Purushada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPuruṣāda (पुरुषाद):—(pu + ada oder āda) adj. (f. ī) subst. Menschen essend, Menschenfresser, ein Rakṣas: sattvāni [Mahābhārata 1, 2513. 3, 388.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 27, 12 (28, 11 Gorresio) 3, 5, 19.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2257. 6708.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 13. 31. 9, 9, 34. 10, 22.] pl. Bez. bestimmter Kannibalen im Osten von Madhyadeśa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 6. 4, 22] haben die meisten Hdschrr. gleichfalls pu, eine aber pau; da das Metrum eine Länge verlangt, so wird pū zu lesen sein.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPuruṣāda (पुरुषाद):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) Menschen fressend. —
2) m. — a) Menschenfresser , ein Rakṣas. — b) Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes.
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Pūruṣāda (पूरुषाद):—m. Pl. Nomen proprium eines cannibalischen Volkes [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 4,22.]
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Partial matches: Purusha, Ada, Ata.
Starts with: Purushadadhna, Purushadaghna, Purushadaka, Purushadamyasarathi, Purushadantika, Purushadatta, Purushadatva, Purushatanam.
Full-text: Purushadatva, Purushadaka, Ada, Paurushada, Purushad, Bhama, Ushinara, Bhringi, Saptamasa, Nepala, Kucca, Marwari, Pulinda, Bhinna, Nepali, Marukaccha, Kulutaka, Pratibhaya, Sita, Purisha.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
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