Apurusha, Apuruṣa, Apūruṣa: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Apuruṣa and Apūruṣa can be transliterated into English as Apurusa or Apurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApuruṣa (अपुरुष).—a. Not manlike, unmanly.
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Apūruṣa (अपूरुष).—
1) Lifeless, inanimate (as wood &c.) अदो यद् दारु प्लवते सिन्धोः पारे अपूरुषम् (ado yad dāru plavate sindhoḥ pāre apūruṣam) Ṛgveda 1.155.3.
2) Soulless.
3) Unpeopled, untenanted.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApuruṣa (अपुरुष).—mfn.
(-ṣaḥ-ṣā-ṣaṃ) Unmanly. E. a neg. puruṣa a man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apuruṣa (अपुरुष):—[=a-puruṣa] mfn. unmanly.
2) [v.s. ...] a cruel man or servant (of Yama), [Jātakamālā]
3) Apūruṣa (अपूरुष):—[=a-pūruṣa] mfn. lifeless, inanimate, [Ṛg-veda x, 155, 3.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApūruṣa (अपूरुष):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-ṣaḥ-ṣā-ṣam) 1) Unpeopled, lonely, desert.
2) Without a maker or creator, without a soul. E. a priv. and pūruṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryApuruṣa (अपुरुष):—[a-puruṣa] (ṣaḥ-ṣā-ṣaṃ) a. Unmanly.
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Starts with: Apurushabhivita, Apurushaghna, Apurushaparadha, Apurushartha.
Ends with (+117): Acaryapurusha, Addhapurusha, Adeshapurusha, Adhamapurusha, Adhikarapurusha, Adrishtapurusha, Adyapurusha, Agrapurusha, Ahvanapurusha, Aksharapurusha, Alekhyapurusha, Amshapurusha, Anaddhapurusha, Antarapurusha, Anyapurusha, Aparapurusha, Apasmarapurusha, Ardhapurusha, Arjunapurusha, Ashtapurusha.
Full-text (+4): Apurushaghna, Apurushartha, Apurushabhivita, Apurushaparadha, Pancamabhagiya, Vetasa, Purusha, Jivani, Mlana, Viklava, Vastrayukta, Punjika, Svatmasambhava, Kshiyamana, Dadhana, Gumphi, Calayat, Mundi, Mlanavastra, Gumphipatra.
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