Vedapurusha, Vedapuruṣa, Veda-purusha: 3 definitions
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Vedapurusha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Vedapurusha has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vedapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Vedapurusa or Vedapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVedapuruṣa (वेदपुरुष):—m. der personificirte Veda (mit allen seinen Theilen d. i. Hilfswissenschaften): tattadaṅgādhyayanābhāve vedapuruṣasya tattadaṅgavaikalyaṃ bhavati [SŪRYADEVA] in der Einl. zur [BHAṬAPRAKĀŚIKĀ].
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, Veda, Veta.
Full-text: Avantipura, Anga, Chandas.
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The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
Varṇāśrama-dharma (Introduction) < [Chapter 2]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 3 - The Vedic Religious System < [Chapter 3 - General Characteristics of the Purāṇic Religion and its Link with the Vedic Tradition]
Part 1 - Veda, the Storehouse of Knowledge < [Chapter 1 - Vedic Concept of God and Religion]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 2 - Rājaśekhara’s descriptions on Origin of Poetry < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 23 - The story of kāvya-puruṣa by Rājaśekhara < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 4 - Chandas or the metre < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 6.1 - Definition of Chandas (metres) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 4.5.3 < [Section 5 - Fifth Tiruvaymoli (Virriruntu el ulakum)]