Ekapurusha, Ekapuruṣa, Eka-purusha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ekapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Ekapurusa or Ekapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEkapuruṣa (एकपुरुष).—
1) the Supreme Being; वेदान्तेषु यमाहुरेकपुरुषम् (vedānteṣu yamāhurekapuruṣam) V.1.1;
2) the chief person. a. Consisting of only one man. तथैकपुरुषं राष्ट्रम् (tathaikapuruṣaṃ rāṣṭram) Bhāgavata 6.5.7.
Derivable forms: ekapuruṣaḥ (एकपुरुषः).
Ekapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and puruṣa (पुरुष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkapuruṣa (एकपुरुष).—I. m. the one universal soul, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 1. Ii. adj. consisting only of one person. Kiṃpuruṣa, i. e.
Ekapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and puruṣa (पुरुष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkapuruṣa (एकपुरुष).—[masculine] only one man or the one (supreme) spirit.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ekapuruṣa (एकपुरुष):—[=eka-puruṣa] [from eka] m. the one supreme Spirit, [Prabodha-candrodaya] : one man only
2) [v.s. ...] a unique or excellent man, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] mfn. having or consisting of only one man, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, 5, 7.]
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