Purushottama, Puruṣottama, Purusha-uttama: 25 definitions

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Purushottama means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Hindi. 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.

Purushottama has 23 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Puruṣottama can be transliterated into English as Purusottama or Purushottama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Puruṣottama (पुरुषोत्तम):—(pu + u) m.

1) der beste Mann, der beste Diener: yasyaivaṃ mānasaṃ nityaṃ sa naraḥ puruṣottamaḥ [DHARMA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher im Śabdakalpadruma] [Spr. 2572] (Gegens. puruṣādhama). —

2) die höchste Person, der höchste Geist; Beiname Viṣṇu’s oder Kṛṣṇa’s [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 16.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 214.] [Halāyudha 1, 25.] [DHYĀNAVINDŪP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 1.] [YOGATATTVA ebend. 49.] [Bhagavadgītā 15, 18. fg.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2508. 3, 1637. 5, 2569.] [Harivaṃśa 11281.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 31, 11. 4, 40, 63. 6, 79, 12. 102, 12.] [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 49.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 8.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 1, 25.] nāthe śrīpuruṣottame [Spr. 1527.] puruṣottamāyatana [Prabodhacandrodaja 33, 5.] puruṣottamakṣetra [MACK. Coll. I, 76.] —

3) Name des 4ten schwarzen Vāsudeva bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 695.] —

4) ein Arhant bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 25.] [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 1, 284.] —

5) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer, unter Andern auch des Verfassers des Trikāṇḍaśeṣa und der Hārāvalī, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.1,1,2.] [Hārāvalī 275.] [Colebrooke] [?II,19. 20. 41. 47. 55. Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 542. 577. 740. 827. Weber’s Indische Studien.1,469. Oxforder Handschriften No. 94. 143. S. 162,b,15. 182,b,40.] puruṣottamadeva [Colebrooke II, 40. 58.] [Oxforder Handschriften No. 353.] bhaṭṭapuruṣottama [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 826.] puruṣottamadevaśaṃrman [Oxforder Handschriften No. 431.] —

6) Nomen proprium einer dem Viṣṇu geheiligten Localität in Orissa, Abkürzung von puruṣottamakṣetra, [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde] [?I,187, Nalopākhyāna Colebrooke II,390, Nalopākhyāna 1. Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,8. 77,b,12. 148,b,6. Brahmapurāṇa in Lassen’s Anthologie 49,4.]

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Puruṣottama (पुरुषोत्तम):—

1) der beste Mensch [Sāhityadarpana 109, 4.] —

5) bhāratyācārya [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 201.] miśra [Oxforder Handschriften 201,a, No. 480.] = dīkṣita [HALL 91.] prasāda = puruṣottamācārya 204. sarasvatī 108. puruṣottamānandayati 109. puruṣottamāśrama [Oxforder Handschriften 390,a, No. 29.]

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

Puruṣottama (पुरुषोत्तम):—m. —

1) der beste der Männer , ein vorzüglicher Mann [Harivaṃśa 1995.] [Indische studien von Weber 15,276.] —

2) der beste — , ein vorzüglicher Diener. —

3) die höchste Person , die höchste Geist als Beiname Viṣṇu’s oder Kṛṣṇa's. —

4) ein Arhant bei den Jaina. —

5) Nomen proprium — a) einer dem Viṣṇu geheiligten Localität in Orissa. Vollständig kṣetra — b) *des 4ten schwarzen Vasudeva bei den Jaina. — c) verschiedener Männer. Auch dīkṣita , deva , devaśarman , prasāda , bhāratyācārya , miśra , sarasvatī , mācārya , mānandayati , māśrama und bhaṭṭa.

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