(-रु -र्वी Feminine) पृ-पालनपोषणयोः कु; Uṇ.1.24 Much, abundant, excessive, many; (in classical literature पुरु occurs usually at the beginning of proper names); इन्द्रो मायाभिः पुरुरूप ईयते Bṛi. Up.2.5.19; स्त्रीणां प्रियतमो नित्यं मत्तस्तु पुरुलम्पटः Bhāg.7.15.7.
Derived forms and compounds
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-रुः
- The pollen of flowers.
- Heaven, the world of the immortals.
- Name of a demon killed by Indra.
- Name of a prince, the sixth monarch of the lunar race. [He was the youngest son of Yayāti and Śarmiṣṭhā. When Yayāti asked his five sons if any one of them would exchange his youth and beauty for his own decrepitude and infirmities, it was Puru alone who consented to make the exchange. After a thousand years Yayāti restored to Puru his youth and beauty and made him successor to the throne. Puru was the ancestor of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas.] -Indeclinable
- Much, exceedingly.
- Repeatedly, often.
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-कृत, -कृत्वन् Adjective efficacious.
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-जित्
- Masculine
- an epithet of Viṣṇu.
- Name of king Kuntibhoja of his brother.
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-दम् gold.
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-दंशकः a goose.
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-दंश (-स) -सा, -दत्रः, -द्रुह् Masculine epithets of Indra (Vedic).
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-निष्ठ Adjective excelling among many.
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-प्रौढ Adjective possessing much self-confidence.
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-भोजस् Masculine a cloud.
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-लम्पट Adjective very lustful or lascivious.
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-ह, -हु much, many.
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-हूत Adjective invoked by many; प्रादुश्चकर्थ यदिदं पुरुहूतरूपम् Bhāg.3.15.5. (-तः) an epithet of Indra; पुरुहूतध्वजः R.4.3;16.5; पुरुहूतमुख्याः (लोकपालाः) Ku.7.45. Ms.11.122. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedद्विष् Masculine an epithet of Indrajit.
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-हूतिः Masculine an epithet of Viṣṇu. -Feminine manifold invocation.
Source: Apte
