The Sanskrit term Puruṣādhama can be transliterated into English as Purusadhama or Purushadhama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puruṣādhama (पुरुषाधम).—the vilest of men, a very low or despicable man.

Derivable forms: puruṣādhamaḥ (पुरुषाधमः).

Puruṣādhama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puruṣa and adhama (अधम).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puruṣādhama (पुरुषाधम):—[from puruṣa] m. ‘lowest or vilest of men’, an outcast, the worst of servants, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puruṣādhama (पुरुषाधम):—[puruṣā+dhama] (maḥ) 1. m. A low man.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Purūṣādhama (पुरूषाधम):—(nm) a mean/lowly/base person.

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Partial matches: Purusha, Adhama.

Full-text: Purushottama.

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