As a deity name
Name 378 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 806 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 989 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 441 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a man, a male being, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "puṃse" is the dative of "puṃs" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. puṃs cl. 10. puṃsayati, to crush, grind, Dhātup. xxxii, 94 (Nom. fr. next?).
2. puṃs m. (the strong cases from pumāṃs [cf. Pāṇ. vii, 1, 89]; sg. nom. pumān; voc. pumas or puman; acc. pumāṃsam; du. nom. pumāṃsau; pl. nom. pumāṃsas [irreg. puṃsas, MBh. iii, 13825]; the weak from puṃs [e.g. sg. instr. puṃsā; loc. puṃsi acc. pl. puṃsas], which loses its s before consonants [e.g. instr. pl. pum-bhis; loc. pl. puṃsu]; for puṃs, ibc. See Pāṇ. viii, 3, 6) a man, a male being, RV. &c. &c.
Caveats
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