Kipurusha, Kipuruṣa, Ki-purusha: 1 definition
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Kipurusha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Kipuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Kipurusa or Kipurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKipuruṣa (किपुरुष).—m. 1. a class of horse-faced beings belonging to the suite of Kuvera, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 11. 2. one of the portions into which the world is divided.
Kipuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ki and puruṣa (पुरुष).
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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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
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