Pramanapurusha, Pramāṇapuruṣa, Pramana-purusha: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pramāṇapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Pramanapurusa or Pramanapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPramāṇapuruṣa (प्रमाणपुरुष).—an arbitrator, a judge, an umpire.
Derivable forms: pramāṇapuruṣaḥ (प्रमाणपुरुषः).
Pramāṇapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pramāṇa and puruṣa (पुरुष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāṇapuruṣa (प्रमाणपुरुष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) An umpire, an arbitrator, a judge. E. pramāṇa, and puruṣa a man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāṇapuruṣa (प्रमाणपुरुष).—m. an arbitrator, [Hitopadeśa] 116, 12.
Pramāṇapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pramāṇa and puruṣa (पुरुष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāṇapuruṣa (प्रमाणपुरुष):—[=pramāṇa-puruṣa] [from pramāṇa > pra-mā] m. an umpire, arbitrator, judge, [Hitopadeśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāṇapuruṣa (प्रमाणपुरुष):—[pramāṇa-puruṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. An umpire.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPramāṇapuruṣa (ಪ್ರಮಾಣಪುರುಷ):—[noun] a man whose authority is accepted unquestionably in matters relating to settlement of disputes; a judge; an umprire.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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