Purushakunapa, Puruṣakuṇapa, Purusha-kunapa: 5 definitions
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Purushakunapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Puruṣakuṇapa can be transliterated into English as Purusakunapa or Purushakunapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuruṣakuṇapa (पुरुषकुणप).—a human corpse.
Derivable forms: puruṣakuṇapaḥ (पुरुषकुणपः), puruṣakuṇapam (पुरुषकुणपम्).
Puruṣakuṇapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puruṣa and kuṇapa (कुणप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuruṣakuṇapa (पुरुषकुणप).—mn.
(-paḥ-paṃ) A human corpse.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuruṣakuṇapa (पुरुषकुणप):—[=puruṣa-kuṇapa] [from puruṣa] n. a human corpse, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
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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.
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