Puranapurusha, aka: Purāṇapuruṣa, Purana-purusha; 5 Definition(s)
Introduction
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The Sanskrit term Purāṇapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Puranapurusa or Puranapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Purāṇapuruṣa (पुराणपुरुष).—The Supreme Being or Viśvātmā, revealed the Purāṇas;1 is Nārāyaṇa;2 is Kumāra.3
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Purāṇapuruṣa (पुराणपुरुष) refers to “eternal being” and is explained by Lakṣmaṇadeśika in his 11th-century Śaradātilaka verse 25.60.—“The blessed ones behold the eternal being (purāṇapuruṣa), whose feet are praised by the Vedas, who is dark like a [rain] cloud, who holds the śrīvatsa, the kaustubha, the mace, the lotus, the conch and the wheel, whose abode is the lotus of the heart, [and] who is the single root of the worlds”.
Source: academia.edu: The Śāradātilakatantra on Yoga
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
purāṇapuruṣa (पुराणपुरुष).—m (S purāṇa Ancient, puruṣa Man or male) A title of God, Ancient of days. Dan. vii. 9.
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypurāṇapuruṣa (पुराणपुरुष).—m A title of God.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-EnglishMarathi 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-English dictionary
Purāṇapuruṣa (पुराणपुरुष).—
1) an epithet of Viṣṇu.
2) an old man; यद् वदन्ति चपलेत्यपवादं तन्न दूषणमहो चपलायाः । दोष एष जलधेः पितुरस्या यत् पुराणपुरुषाय ददौ ताम् (yad vadanti capaletyapavādaṃ tanna dūṣaṇamaho capalāyāḥ | doṣa eṣa jaladheḥ piturasyā yat purāṇapuruṣāya dadau tām) Subhāṣ.; (where both senses are intended).
Derivable forms: purāṇapuruṣaḥ (पुराणपुरुषः).
Purāṇapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms purāṇa and puruṣa (पुरुष).
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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