Purushayusha, Puruṣāyuṣa, Purusha-ayusha: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Puruṣāyuṣa can be transliterated into English as Purusayusa or Purushayusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puruṣāyuṣa (पुरुषायुष).—n. the duration of a man's life; अकृपणमतिः कामं जीव्याज्जनः पुरुषायुषम् (akṛpaṇamatiḥ kāmaṃ jīvyājjanaḥ puruṣāyuṣam) Ve.6.44; पुरुषायुषजीविन्यो निरातङ्का निरीतयः (puruṣāyuṣajīvinyo nirātaṅkā nirītayaḥ) R.1. 63.

Derivable forms: puruṣāyuṣam (पुरुषायुषम्).

Puruṣāyuṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puruṣa and āyuṣa (आयुष). See also (synonyms): puruṣāyus.

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

Puruṣāyuṣa (पुरुषायुष):—[from puruṣa] n. the duration of a man’s life, age of man, [Raghuvaṃśa] (cf. [Pāṇini 5-4, 77])

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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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