Purushartha, Puruṣārtha, Purusha-artha: 24 definitions
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Purushartha has 22 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Puruṣārtha can be transliterated into English as Purusartha or Purushartha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Purusharth.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPuruṣārtha (पुरुषार्थ):—(pu + artha) m.
1) die Angelegenheit —, das Ziel des Menschen, der Seele [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 100.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 27, 19.] dharmārthakāmamokṣāśca puruṣārthā udāhṛtāḥ [AGNI-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher im Śabdakalpadruma] [KAPILA 1, 1.] [SĀṂKHYAK. 31. 42. 69.] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 13. 15. 19. 23.] Davon nom. abstr. tva n. [Kapila 1, 3.] apuruṣārthatva [47. 83.] puruṣārtham der Seele wegen [3, 16.] —
2) des Menschen Sache so v. a. des Menschen That, menschliches Bemühen: daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa ko vañcayitumarhati . daivameva paraṃ manye puruṣārtho nirarthakaḥ .. [Mahābhārata 3, 12422.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 2, 35.] [Spr. 624. 2567.]
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Puruṣārtha (पुरुषार्थ):—[2]) [Spr. 4753.]
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Puruṣārtha (पुरुषार्थ):—
1) [Hemacandra] [Yogaśāstra 4, 57.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPuruṣārtha (पुरुषार्थ):——
1) m. — a) die Angelegenheit — , das Ziel des Menschen , — der Seele. Nom.abstr. tva n. — b) des Menschen Sache , so v.a. des Menschen That , menschliches Bemühen [Mahābhārata 3,79,12.] —
2) m Adv. der Seele wegen.
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Partial matches: Purusha, Artha.
Starts with: Purusharthacatushtaya, Purusharthacintamani, Purusharthakara, Purusharthakaumudi, Purushartham, Purusharthanushasana, Purusharthaprabodha, Purusharthaprabodhini, Purusharthapradana, Purushartharatnakara, Purusharthasiddhyupaya, Purusharthasudhanidhi, Purusharthasutravritti, Purusharthatrayimaya, Purusharthatva, Purusharttasvarupam.
Ends with: Apurushartha, Paramapurushartha.
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