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purusa

purusa is the alternative form of purusha.

Meaning of purusha

Noun

purusha (plural purushas)

  1. (Hinduism) In early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.
  2. (Hinduism) In the Upanishad, an abstract essence of self, spirit, and the Universal Principle that is eternal, without form and all-pervasive, distinguished from the mutable material world.

Forms of purusa

pluralpurusas

Questions about purusa

What is purusa the alternative form of?
Purusa is the alternative form of purusha.

Words near purusa in the dictionary

  1. puruloid
  2. purulosanguineous
  3. purulosanguinous
  4. purum
  5. Purus
  6. purusa
  7. purusartha
  8. purusarthas
  9. purusas
  10. purusha
  11. purushartha

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