Purushendriya, Puruṣendriya, Purusha-indriya: 2 definitions
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Purushendriya means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Puruṣendriya can be transliterated into English as Purusendriya or Purushendriya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsPuruṣendriya (पुरुषेन्द्रिय):—[puruṣendriyam] Penis. The male organ of copulation and in mammals urination
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraPuruṣendriya (पुरुषेन्द्रिय, “male organ”) refers to the one of the twenty-two faculties (indriya), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 38. The word indriya, derived from the root id or ind, is synonymous with great power, with control. The twenty-two Dharmas in question [viz., puruṣendriya] have the characteristic of being dominant in regard to the living being (sattva) in that which concerns: his primary constitution, his distinctiveness, his duration, his moral defilement and his purification.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 12 - Notes on the daughter of Sāgara (king of the nāgas) < [Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas]
I. The three faculties of understanding according to the Abhidharma < [Part 3 - The three faculties of understanding]
Note (2): The Twenty-two Faculties (indriya) < [Part 3 - The three faculties of understanding]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)