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purushas

purushas is the plural 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.

Questions about purushas

What is purushas the plural of?
Purushas is the plural of purusha.

Words near purushas in the dictionary

  1. purusarthas
  2. purusas
  3. purusha
  4. purushartha
  5. purusharthas
  6. purushas
  7. Purushottam
  8. purvalanol
  9. Purvanchal
  10. Purves
  11. Purveses

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