The Sanskrit term Lokapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Lokapurusa or Lokapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)

Source: Google Books: Kalātattvakośa, volume 2

Lokapuruṣa (लोकपुरुष):—The conception of lokapuruṣa represents the cosmos comprising all the worlds in the form of an anthropomorphic standing figure: below the waist are the nether-worlds (adholoka), consisting of the seven hells and nether regions; in the middle, called tiryagloka (horizontal) or madhyaloka, is the region where human beings and animals live, and above the waistline are in rising order the twelve kalpas (heavens), the nine graiveyakas (from grīvā, neck) the neck-portion of the cosmic being where nine classes of ‘divinity’ reside, crowned by the five anuttaravimānas or unsurpassable domains at the level of the eyes of the puruṣa, and the siddhaśīla on his forehead, the place of the perfected beings on the top of the universe.

According to the Umāsvāti in his 4th-century Praśamaratiprakaraṇa: “The lokapuruṣa (cosmic being) consists of the sixfold substance of living an inert beings. Like a man he (the universe) is standing with spread-out legs and supporting his hands on his waist.” (v.210).

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Kosha (कोश, kośa) refers to Sanskrit lexicons intended to provide additional information regarding technical terms used in religion, philosophy and the various sciences (shastra). The oldest extant thesaurus (kosha) dates to the 4th century AD.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Shodhganga: A cultural study on the jain western Indian illustrated manuscripts

Lokapuruṣa (लोकपुरुष).—The loka-puruṣa is frequently illustrated with a total height of fourteen rajjus. At his waist, which is pinched in is found the middle world, the smallest of the three but the most important in many repects for it is there where five-sensed animals and human beings live, and it is there where tīrthankaras are born. It is therefore the only place where release can be obtained. It is among the mountains of the middle world that the gods of light (jyotiṣa) move and dwell.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lokapuruṣa (लोकपुरुष):—[=loka-puruṣa] [from loka > lok] m. ‘w°-man’, the World personified, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Lokapurusha in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Purusha, Loka.

Full-text: Graiveyaka, Caraka.

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