Purushapura, Puruṣapura, Purusha-pura: 8 definitions
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Purushapura means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
Purushapura has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Puruṣapura can be transliterated into English as Purusapura or Purushapura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPuruṣapura (पुरुषपुर):—(pu + pura) n. Nomen proprium der Hauptstadt von Gāndhāra, das heutige Péschāver (پيشاور) [Hiouen-Thsang I, 104.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 859.] [Mémoire géographique 106 fg.] [WASSILJEW 215. 221.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPuruṣapura (पुरुषपुर):—m. die Stadt Pêschavêr.
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, Pura.
Full-text: Peshawar, Manipushpa, Apalala, Nandi, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Kanishkastupa, Kata, Gandhara, Pushya, Pura.
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