purusha

P3U1R1U1S1H4A1

noun

In early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.

OriginSanskrit पुरुष →
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Meanings

nounpurusha (plural purushas)

plural purushas · alternative purusa

  1. HinduismIn early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.
  2. HinduismIn the Upanishad, an abstract essence of self, spirit, and the Universal Principle that is eternal, without form and all-pervasive, distinguished from the mutable material world.

Origin

  1. Sanskritपुरुष
  2. Englishpurusha

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa).

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purusha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purusha

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“purusha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purusha. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purusha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purusha.

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