Uttarapurusha, Uttarapuruṣa, Uttara-purusha: 3 definitions
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Uttarapurusha means something in 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 Uttarapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Uttarapurusa or Uttarapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUttarapuruṣa (उत्तरपुरुष).—= उत्तमपुरुषः (uttamapuruṣaḥ) q. v.
Derivable forms: uttarapuruṣaḥ (उत्तरपुरुषः).
Uttarapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uttara and puruṣa (पुरुष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUttarapuruṣa (उत्तरपुरुष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) (In grammar,) The third person. E. uttara last, and puruṣa man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUttarapuruṣa (उत्तरपुरुष):—[uttara-puruṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. 3rd Person.
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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