Purushada, Puruṣāda, Purusha-ada: 8 definitions

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Purushada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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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[«previous next»] — Purushada in Sanskrit glossary

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

Puruṣāda (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 zu lesen sein.

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

Puruṣāda (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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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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