"पूरुष" meaning in Sanskrit

See पूरुष in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /púː.ɾu.ʂɐ/ [Vedic], /ˈpuː.ɾu.ʂɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From an earlier *pū́rṣa (altered by analogy with mánuṣa), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pŕ̥Hṣas (“man”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to produce, beget”). See पुरुष (púruṣa) for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*pŕ̥Hṣas||man}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *pŕ̥Hṣas (“man”), {{der|sa|ine-pro|*perh₃-|t=to produce, beget}} Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to produce, beget”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=pū́ruṣa}} पूरुष • (pū́ruṣa) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|pū́ruṣa}} Forms: pū́ruṣa [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], पूरुषः [nominative, singular], पूरुषौ [dual, nominative], पूरुषा1 [dual, nominative], पूरुषाः [nominative, plural], पूरुषासः1 [nominative, plural], पूरुष [singular, vocative], पूरुषौ [dual, vocative], पूरुषा1 [dual, vocative], पूरुषाः [plural, vocative], पूरुषासः1 [plural, vocative], पूरुषम् [accusative, singular], पूरुषौ [accusative, dual], पूरुषा1 [accusative, dual], पूरुषान् [accusative, plural], पूरुषेण [instrumental, singular], पूरुषाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], पूरुषैः [instrumental, plural], पूरुषेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], पूरुषाय [dative, singular], पूरुषाभ्याम् [dative, dual], पूरुषेभ्यः [dative, plural], पूरुषात् [ablative, singular], पूरुषाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], पूरुषेभ्यः [ablative, plural], पूरुषस्य [genitive, singular], पूरुषयोः [dual, genitive], पूरुषाणाम् [genitive, plural], पूरुषे [locative, singular], पूरुषयोः [dual, locative], पूरुषेषु [locative, plural]
  1. alternative form of पुरुष (puruṣa, “man”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: पुरुष (extra: puruṣa, “man”)
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        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "man"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to produce, beget”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From an earlier *pū́rṣa (altered by analogy with mánuṣa), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pŕ̥Hṣas (“man”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to produce, beget”). See पुरुष (púruṣa) for more.",
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      "form": "pū́ruṣa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषः",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "पूरुषौ",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषा1",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषाः",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "पूरुष",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "पूरुषौ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "पूरुषम्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषौ",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषा1",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषान्",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषेण",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣeṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषैः",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषेभिः1",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "पूरुषाय",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषाभ्याम्",
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      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
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      "roman": "pū́ruṣebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषात्",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषस्य",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषयोः",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषाणाम्",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣāṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषे",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषयोः",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषेषु",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "pū́ruṣa"
      },
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      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pū́ruṣa"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "puruṣa, “man”",
          "word": "पुरुष"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Far be thy cow-killing arrow and thy man-killing arrow: thy bliss be with us, O thou Lord of Heroes.\nBe gracious unto us, O God, and bless us, and then grant us doubly.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.114.10",
          "roman": "mṛḷā́ ca no ádhi ca brūhi devā́dhā ca naḥ śárma yaccha dvibárhāḥ.",
          "text": "आ॒रे ते॑ गो॒घ्नमु॒त पू॑रुष॒घ्नं क्षय॑द्वीर सु॒म्नम॒स्मे ते॑ अस्तु ।\nमृ॒ळा च॑ नो॒ अधि॑ च ब्रूहि दे॒वाधा॑ च नः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ द्वि॒बर्हाः॑ ॥\nāré te goghnámutá pūruṣaghnáṃ kṣáyadvīra sumnámasmé te astu."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of पुरुष (puruṣa, “man”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-पूरुष-sa-noun-9b2RJFox",
      "links": [
        [
          "पुरुष",
          "पुरुष#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/púː.ɾu.ʂɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpuː.ɾu.ʂɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "पूरुष"
}
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        "1": "sa",
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        "4": "",
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        "table-tags"
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "पूरुषः",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "पूरुषौ",
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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      "form": "पूरुष",
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      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "dual"
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        "dual"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "पूरुषान्",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषेण",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣeṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "पूरुषाभ्याम्",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "roman": "pū́ruṣebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषाय",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "dual"
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      "roman": "pū́ruṣebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषात्",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "pū́ruṣābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषेभ्यः",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषस्य",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषयोः",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषाणाम्",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣāṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषे",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषयोः",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पूरुषेषु",
      "roman": "pū́ruṣeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "pū́ruṣa"
      },
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      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "puruṣa, “man”",
          "word": "पुरुष"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Far be thy cow-killing arrow and thy man-killing arrow: thy bliss be with us, O thou Lord of Heroes.\nBe gracious unto us, O God, and bless us, and then grant us doubly.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.114.10",
          "roman": "mṛḷā́ ca no ádhi ca brūhi devā́dhā ca naḥ śárma yaccha dvibárhāḥ.",
          "text": "आ॒रे ते॑ गो॒घ्नमु॒त पू॑रुष॒घ्नं क्षय॑द्वीर सु॒म्नम॒स्मे ते॑ अस्तु ।\nमृ॒ळा च॑ नो॒ अधि॑ च ब्रूहि दे॒वाधा॑ च नः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ द्वि॒बर्हाः॑ ॥\nāré te goghnámutá pūruṣaghnáṃ kṣáyadvīra sumnámasmé te astu."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of पुरुष (puruṣa, “man”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "पुरुष",
          "पुरुष#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/púː.ɾu.ʂɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpuː.ɾu.ʂɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "पूरुष"
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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