पुरुषpuruṣaa manly office or duty.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अधिकारः
- a manly office or duty.
- calculation or estimation of men; संसत्सु जाते पुरुषाधिकारे न पूरणी तं समुपैति संख्या Ki.3.51.
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-अन्तरम् another man.
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-आद्यः
- an epithet of Viṣṇu.
- a demon.
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-आयुषम्, -आयुस् Neuter the duration of a man's life; अकृपणमतिः कामं जीव्याज्जनः पुरुषायुषम् Ve.6.44; पुरुषायुषजीविन्यो निरातङ्का निरीतयः R.1. 63.
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-आशिन् Masculine 'a man-eater', a demon, goblin.
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-इन्द्रः
- a king. अयणः, अर्थः any one of the four principal objects of human life; id est, that is धर्म अर्थ, काम and मोक्ष.
- human effort or exertion (पुरुषकार); धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाश्च पुरुषार्था उदाहृताः Agni Parasmaipada; H. Pr.35.
- something which when done results in the satisfaction of the performer; यस्मिन् कृते पदार्थे पुरुषस्य प्रीतिर्भवति स पुरुषार्थः पदार्थः ŚB. on MS.4.1.2.
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-अस्थिमालिन् Masculine an epithet of Śiva.
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-उत्तमः
- an excellent man.
- the highest or Supreme Being, an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛiṣṇa; यस्मात् क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः । अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ Bg.15.18.
- a best attendant.
- a Jaina.
- Name of a district in Orissa sacred to Viṣṇu.
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-नाथः
- a general, commander.
- a king.
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-नियमः (in Grammar) a restriction to a person.
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-पशुः a beast of a man, brutish person; Compare नरपशु.
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-पुङ्गवः, -पुण्डरीकः a superior or eminent man.
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-पुरम् Name of the capital of Gāndhāra, quod vide, which see
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-बहुमानः the esteem of mankind; निवृत्ता भोगेच्छा पुरुषबहुमानो विगलितः Bh.3.9.
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-मानिन् Adjective fancying oneself a hero; कथं पुरुषमानी स्यात् पुरुषाणां मयि स्थिते Rām.2.24.35.
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-मेधः a human sacrifice.
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-वरः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
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-वर्जित Adjective desolate.
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-कारः
- human effort or exertion, manly act, manliness, prowess (Opposite of दैव); एवं पुरुषकारेण विना दैवं न सिध्यति H. Pr.32; दैवे पुरुषकारे च कर्मसिद्धिर्व्यवस्थिता Y.1.349; Compare 'god helps those who help themselves'; अभिमतसिद्धिर- शेषा भवति हि पुरुषस्य पुरुषकारेण Pt.5.3; Ki.5.52.
- manhood, virility.
- haughtiness, pride.
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-कुणपः, -पम् a human corpse.
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-केसरिन् Masculine man-lion, an epithet of Viṣṇu. in his fourth incarnation; पुरुषकेसरिणश्च पुरा नखैः Ś.7.3.
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-ज्ञानम् knowledge of mankind; Ms.7.211.
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-तन्त्र Adjective subjective.
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-दध्न, -द्वयस् Adjective of the height of a man.
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-द्विष् Masculine an enemy of Viṣṇu.
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-द्वेषिणी an illtempered woman (who hates her husband).
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पुरुषः puruṣḥ
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- A male being, man; अर्थतः पुरुषो नारी या नारी सार्थतः पुमान् Mk.3.27; Ms.1.32;7.17;9.2; R.2.41.
- Men, mankind.
- A member or representative of a generation.
- An officer, functionary, agent, attendant, servant.
- The height or measure of a man (considered as a measure of length); द्वौ पुरुषौ प्रमाणमस्य सा द्विपुरुषा-षी परिखा Sk.
- The soul; द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च Bg.15.16 etc.
- The Supreme Being, God (soul of the universe); पुरातनं त्वां पुरुषं पुराविदः (विदुः) Śi.1.33; R.13.6.
- A person (in grammar); प्रथम- पुरुषः the third person, मध्यमपुरुषः the second person, and उत्तमपुरुषः the first person, (this is the strict order in Sk.).
- The pupil of the eye.
- (In Sāṅ. Philosophy) The soul (Opposite of प्रकृति); according to the Sāṅkhyas it is neither a production nor productive; it is passive and a looker-on of the Prakṛiti; Compare त्वामामनन्ति प्रकृतिं पुरुषार्थप्रवर्तिनीम् Ku.2.13 and the word सांख्य also.
- The soul, the original source of the universe (described in the पुरुषसूक्त); सहस्रशीर्षः पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् etc.
- The Punnāga tree.
- Name of the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh signs of the zodiac.
- The seven divine or active principles of which the universe was formed; तेषामिदं तु सप्तानां पुरुषाणां महौजसाम् Ms.1.19.
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-षी A woman.
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-षम् An epithet of the mountain Meru.
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-अङ्गम् the male organ of generation.
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-अदः, -अद् Masculine 'a man-eater', cannibal, goblin; अवमेने हि दुर्बुद्धिर्मनुष्यान् पुरुषादकः Mb.3.275.27.
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-अधमः the vilest of men, a very low or despicable man.
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-वाहः
- an epithet of Garuḍa.
- an epithet of Kubera.
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-व्याघ्रः
- -शार्दूलः, -सिंहः 'a tiger or lion among men', a distinguished or eminent man. उद्योगिनं पुरुषसिंहमुपैति लक्ष्मीः H.
- a hero, brave man.
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-समवायः a number of men.
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-शीर्षकः A kind of weapon used by burglars (a sham head to be inserted into the hole made in a wall); Dk.2.2.
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-सारः an eminent man; Bhāg.1.16.7.
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-सूक्तम् Name of the 9th hymn of the 1th Maṇḍala of the Ṛigveda (regarded as a very sacred hymn).
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- पुरुषम्puruṣamaccusative singular of the masculine noun puruṣa (a man, the soul).
- पुरुषःpuruṣaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun puruṣa (a man, the soul).
- पुरुषस्यpuruṣasyagenitive singular of the masculine noun puruṣa (a man, the soul).
- पुरुषाःpuruṣāḥnominative plural of the masculine noun puruṣa (a man, the soul).
- पुरुषौpuruṣaunominative dual of the masculine noun puruṣa (a man, the soul).
