Prathamapurusha, Prathamapuruṣa, Prathama-purusha: 8 definitions
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Prathamapurusha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Prathamapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Prathamapurusa or Prathamapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryprathamapuruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष).—m (S) In Sanskrit grammar. The affix by which, on attaching it to the root of a verb, the third person of a tense is formed: also the third person. 2 In Maraṭhi grammar. The affix which is attached to form the first person: also the first person, I.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishprathamapurūṣa (प्रथमपुरूष).—m The first person, I.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrathamapuruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष).—the first person (= third person according to the English system of treating Sanskrit grammar); अथवा अस्तिर्भवतीतिपरः प्रथमपुरुषे प्रयुज्यमानोऽप्यस्तीति (athavā astirbhavatītiparaḥ prathamapuruṣe prayujyamāno'pyastīti) ŚB. on MS.11.2.2.
Derivable forms: prathamapuruṣaḥ (प्रथमपुरुषः).
Prathamapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prathama and puruṣa (पुरुष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Prathamapuruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Maitrāyaṇagṛhyapaddhati. Oxf. 400^b.
2) Prathamapuruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष):—This first man, being merely the name of a chapter, must be eliminated.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prathamapuruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष):—[=prathama-puruṣa] [from prathama] m. the first (= our 3rd) person in the verb or its terminations, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (See above)
2) [v.s. ...] Name of an author, [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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPrathamapuruṣa (ಪ್ರಥಮಪುರುಷ):—[noun] the person that is used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anything or to anyone other than the speaker or the one or ones being addressed; third person.
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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Partial matches: Purusha, Prathama.
Full-text: Madhyamapurusha, Ras, Uttamapurusha, Bhavanti, Rut, Ran, Prathama, Ra.
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