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पुरुष f. m. (mc. also पू॑र्°; prob. fr. √ पॄ and connected with पुरु, पूरुifc. f(आ). , rarely f(ई). ; cf. [Pāṇ. 4-1, 24] ) a man, male, human being (pl. people, mankind), [RV.] &c. &c.
पुमान् पुरुषः a person, (, a male person, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] ; [Mn.] ; दण्डःप्°, punishment personified, [Mn.] ; esp. grammatical pers. ; with प्रथम, मध्यम, उत्तम = the 3rd, 2nd, 1st pers. [Nir.] ; [Pāṇ.] ), an officer, functionary, attendant, servant, [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. (cf. तत्-प्°)
a friend, [L.]
a follower of the सांख्य Philosophy (?), [L.]
a member or representative of a race or generation, [TS.] ; [Br.] ; [Mn.] &c.
the height or measure of a man (= 5 अरत्निs = 120 अङ्गुलs), [ŚBr.] ; [Śulbas.] ; [Var.]
the pupil of the eye, [ŚBr.]
नारायण (also with ) the primaeval man as the soul and original source of the universe (described in the पुरुष-सूक्तq.v. ), [RV.] ; [ŚBr.] &c.
the personal and animating principle in men and other beings, the soul or spirit, [AV.] &c. &c.
पर the Supreme Being or Soul of the universe (sometimes with , परम, or उत्तम; also identified with ब्रह्मा, विष्णु, शिव and दुर्गा), [VS.] ; [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
(in सांख्य) the Spirit as passive and a spectator of the प्रकृति or creative force, [IW. 82 &c.]
the, ‘spirit’ or fragrant exhalation of plants, [RV. x, 51, 8]
सप्त (with ) N. of the divine or active principles from the minute portions of which the universe was formed, [Mn. i, 19]
N. of a पाद in the महा-नाम्नी verses, [Lāṭy.]
of the Ist, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th signs of the zodiac, [Jyot.]
of a son of मनुचाक्षुष, [BhP.]
of one of the 18 attendants of the sun, [L.]
pl. men, people (cf. above)
N. of the Brāhmans of क्रौञ्च-द्वीप, [BhP.]
पञ्च (with ) N. of 5 princely personages or miraculous persons born under partic. constellations, Var
Rottleria Tinctoria, [L.]
Clerodendrum Phlomoides, [L.]
पुरुष n. m or n. = पुरुषकm.n., [Śiś. v, 56] Sch.
पुरुष n. n. (!) N. of mount मेरु, [L.]
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