Antahpurusha, Antaḥpuruṣa: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Antaḥpuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Antahpurusa or Antahpurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Antaḥpuruṣa (अन्तःपुरुष):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-ṣaḥ) The interior of man; e. g. yoyamantaḥpuruṣa ākāśo yo vai sontaḥpuruṣa ākāśaḥ— comp. antarapuruṣa and antarhṛdaya. E. antar and puruṣa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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