The Sanskrit term Puruṣapaśu can be transliterated into English as Purusapasu or Purushapashu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Puruṣapaśu (पुरुषपशु).—Sacrificed to Bhadrakāli for the sake of children.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 9. 12.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puruṣapaśu (पुरुषपशु).—a beast of a man, brutish person; cf. नरपशु (narapaśu).

Derivable forms: puruṣapaśuḥ (पुरुषपशुः).

Puruṣapaśu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puruṣa and paśu (पशु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puruṣapaśu (पुरुषपशु).—m.

(-śuḥ) A man, a human animal. E. puruṣa, and paśu beast.

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

Puruṣapaśu (पुरुषपशु).—m. a beast-like man.

Puruṣapaśu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puruṣa and paśu (पशु).

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

Puruṣapaśu (पुरुषपशु).—[masculine] a man as a sacrificial victim or a beast of a man.

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

1) Puruṣapaśu (पुरुषपशु):—[=puruṣa-paśu] [from puruṣa] m. a beast of man, a brutal man, [Pañcatantra; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] a man as a sacrificial victim, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] the soul compared with animal, [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 85]

4) [v.s. ...] a human animal, man, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Puruṣapaśu (पुरुषपशु):—[puruṣa-paśu] (śuḥ) 2. m. The animal man.

[Sanskrit to German]

Purushapashu in German

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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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Partial matches: Pashu, Purusha, Pacu.

Full-text: Bhadrakali.

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