Mithyapurusha, Mithyāpuruṣa, Mithya-purusha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mithyāpuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Mithyapurusa or Mithyapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMithyāpuruṣa (मिथ्यापुरुष).—a man only in appearance.
Derivable forms: mithyāpuruṣaḥ (मिथ्यापुरुषः).
Mithyāpuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mithyā and puruṣa (पुरुष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMithyāpuruṣa (मिथ्यापुरुष):—[=mithyā-puruṣa] [from mithyā > mith] m. a man only in app°, [Catalogue(s)]
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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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