Tulapurusha, Tulāpuruṣa, Tula-purusha: 11 definitions
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Tulapurusha has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Tulāpuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Tulapurusa or Tulapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTulāpuruṣa (तुलापुरुष):—(tulā + pu) m.
1) ein Mann auf der Wage d. i. so viel Gold oder andere Kostbarkeiten als ein Mann wiegt; die Darbringung von Gold u. s. w. in einer dem Gewicht des Gebers entsprechenden Menge gehört zu den 16 grossen frommen Geschenken, [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 90 (10).] [BHAVIṢYOTT. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher ebend. 137 (170). No. 1218.] [Matsyapurāṇa] in [Oxforder Handschriften 43,a,15.] [Liṅgapurāṇa ebend. 45,a,24.] —
2) Bez. einer best. Busse [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 323.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTulāpuruṣa (तुलापुरुष):—m. —
1) Gold oder andere Kostbarkeiten im Gewichte eines Mannes [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,157,6.251,1.] —
2) Beiname Viṣṇu’s oder Kṛṣṇa’s [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,182,23.] —
3) eine best. Kasteiung.
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, Tula.
Starts with: Tulapurushadana, Tulapurushadanapaddhati, Tulapurushadanaprakarana, Tulapurushadanaprayoga, Tulapurushadanavidhi, Tulapurushamahadanapaddhati, Tulapurushamahadanaprayoga, Tulapurushamantapam, Tulapurushavidhi.
Ends with: Kanaka-tulapurusha, Kanakamani-tulapurusha.
Full-text: Tulapurushadana, Tulabhara, Hiranyakamadhenu, Tul-adhiroha, Kanaka-tulapurusha, Kanakamani-tulapurusha, Tulaiyeru, Tulapurushamantapam, Vishnuloka, Shodashamahadanem.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 267 - Importance of Tulāpuruṣadāna (Tulāpuruṣa-dāna) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 1 - Fruit of the Holy Bath in the Month of Mārgaśīrṣa < [Section 5 - Mārgaśīrṣa-māhātmya]
Chapter 6 - Expiatory Rites < [Section 3b - Arunācala-khaṇḍa (Uttarārdha)]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 119 - In Praise of a Fast for a Month < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 88 - Dialogue Between Satyabhāmā and Kṛṣṇa < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 5.1 - The sixteen Mahādānas < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
The Inscriptions of Sangramadhira < [Chapter 1 - Historical details from Sanskrit Inscriptions]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
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