Punyapurusha, Puṇyapurūṣa, Punya-purusha: 5 definitions
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Punyapurusha 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 Puṇyapurūṣa can be transliterated into English as Punyapurusa or Punyapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypuṇyapurūṣa (पुण्यपुरूष).—m (S) A man rich in moral merit. 2 A virtuous or good man gen.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpuṇyapuruṣa (पुण्यपुरुष).—m A virtuous or good man.
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 dictionaryPuṇyapuruṣa (पुण्यपुरुष).—a man rich in moral merit, a pious man.
Derivable forms: puṇyapuruṣaḥ (पुण्यपुरुषः).
Puṇyapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṇya and puruṣa (पुरुष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṇyapuruṣa (पुण्यपुरुष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) A man rich in moral merit.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṇyapuruṣa (पुण्यपुरुष):—[=puṇya-puruṣa] [from puṇya] m. a man rich in religious merit, a pious man, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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