Stripumsau, Strīpuṃsau, Stri-pumsau: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryStrīpuṃsau (स्त्रीपुंसौ).—m. du.
1) wife and husband.
2) male and female; स्त्रीपुंसावात्मभागौ ते भिन्नमूर्तेः सिसृक्षया (strīpuṃsāvātmabhāgau te bhinnamūrteḥ sisṛkṣayā) Kumārasambhava 2.7.
Strīpuṃsau is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms strī and puṃsau (पुंसौ).
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: Stri.
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