Uttamapurusha, Uttama-purusha, Uttamapuruṣa: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Uttamapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Uttamapurusa or Uttamapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Uttamapuruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष) refers to a superior male character (prakṛti) according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 34. Accordingly, “a man who has controlled his senses, is wise, skilled in various arts and crafts (śilpa), honest, expert in enjoyment, brings consolation to the poor, is versed in different śāstras, grave, liberal, patient and munificent, is to be known as a ‘superior’ (uttama) male character”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
uttamapuruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष).—m (S) In grammar. The first person.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Uttamapuruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) 1. The first person, (in grammar.) 2. An excellent man. E. uttama and puruṣa man.
Uttamapuruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष).—[masculine] the first person ([grammar]), also = seq.
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Uttamapūruṣa (उत्तमपूरुष).—[masculine] the supreme spirit.
1) Uttamapuruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष):—[=ut-tama-puruṣa] [from ut-tama] m. the last person in verbal conjugation id est. ‘I, we two, we’ (= in European grammars the first person, our third person being regarded in Hindū grammars as the prathama-puruṣa q.v.; cf. also madhyama-puruṣa), [Nirukta, by Yāska; Kāśikā-vṛtti] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] the Supreme Spirit, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Gautama-dharma-śāstra etc.]
3) Uttamapūruṣa (उत्तमपूरुष):—[=ut-tama-pūruṣa] [from ut-tama] m. = -puruṣa above
4) [v.s. ...] the Supreme Spirit
5) [v.s. ...] an excellent man, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Uttamapuruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष):—[uttama-puruṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. 1st Person.
Uttamapuruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष):—(u + pu) m.
1) = uttama 2,a. [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 2.] [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 107. 3, 4, 92.] —
2) pūruṣa der höchste Geist [Chāndogyopaniṣad 8, 12, 3.] Im Text: uttamaḥ pūruṣaḥ, aber [] : uttamaścāsau pūruṣaścetyuttamapūruṣaḥ . Vgl. puruṣottama .
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Uttamapuruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष):—
2) [SĀMAVIDH. BR. 1, 2, 5.]
Uttamapuruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष):—m. —
1) die erste Person. —
2) der höchste Geist [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra]
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Uttamapūruṣa (उत्तमपूरुष):—m. der höchste Geist.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Uttamapuruṣa (ಉತ್ತಮಪುರುಷ):—
1) [noun] (gram.) the person who is referred by the pronoun (as I) and who takes the verb (as am), (that is where the pronoun refers to the speaker or writer or, in the plural, also to those for whom the speaker or writer serves as spokesperson, corresponding to the 'first persoṇof English language).
2) [noun] an excellent man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Uttama, Purusha.
Starts with (+0): Uttamapurushan.
Full-text (+0): Purushottama, Uttarapurusha, Purusha, Mahin, Mi, Mip, Madhyamapurusha, Vahin, Purush, Masi, Karampanur, Bhiksantarkoyil, Uttamar, Bhiksantar, Mash, Uttamarkoyil, Uttama, Rama, Va.
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