Purushasamavaya, Puruṣasamavāya, Purusha-samavaya: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Puruṣasamavāya can be transliterated into English as Purusasamavaya or Purushasamavaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuruṣasamavāya (पुरुषसमवाय).—a number of men.
Derivable forms: puruṣasamavāyaḥ (पुरुषसमवायः).
Puruṣasamavāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puruṣa and samavāya (समवाय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuruṣasamavāya (पुरुषसमवाय).—m.
(-yaḥ) A number of men. E. puruṣa, and samavāya assemblage.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuruṣasamavāya (पुरुषसमवाय):—[=puruṣa-samavāya] [from puruṣa] m. a number of men, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuruṣasamavāya (पुरुषसमवाय):—[puruṣa-samavāya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A number or assembly of men.
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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