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purusha meaning in Sanskrit

पुरुष púruṣa

purusha in Sanskrit: पुरुष (púruṣa). In English, purusha means in early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.

Sanskrit words for purusha

Purusha, the divine being from whom the universe is said to be originated
पुरुष púruṣa

English meaning of purusha

  1. noun In early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.
  2. noun 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.

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Questions about purusha in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of purusha in Sanskrit?
Purusha in Sanskrit is पुरुष (púruṣa).
purusha इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Purusha: पुरुष (púruṣa).
What does purusha mean in English?
Purusha means in early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “purusha”: पुरुष. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: purusha (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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