As a deity name
Name 111 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 584 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 895 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 538 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
पुरुष · noun · masculine
मनुष्य । आदमी · नर · सांख्य के अनुसार प्रकृति से भिन्न भिन्न अपरिणामी, अकर्ता और असंग चेतन पदार्थ । आत्मा । इसी के सान्निध्य में प्रकृति संसार की सृष्टि करती है । दे॰ 'सांख्य' — Śabdasāgara
पुरुष · noun · masculine
पुरुष · आत्मा — Śabdasāgara
पुरुष · purush · s.m.
Man (collectively or individually), mankind; a man, human being; a male; person — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 249
पुरुष · masculine
man, male; person
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पुरुष — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
puruṣa m. (mc. also pūr˚; prob. fr. √ pṝ and connected with puru, pūru ifc. f(ā). , rarely f(ī). ; cf. Pāṇ. iv, 1, 24) a man, male, human being (pl. people, mankind), RV. &c. &c.
a person, (pumān puruṣaḥ, a male person, ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Mn.; daṇḍaḥp˚, punishment personified, Mn.; esp. grammatical pers.; with prathama, madhyama, uttama = the 3rd, 2nd, 1st pers. Nir.; Pāṇ.), an officer, functionary, attendant, servant, Mn.; MBh. &c. (cf. tat-p˚)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a man, male, human being (pl. people, mankind), &c. &c.
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puruṣa m. (mc. also pūr˚; prob. fr. √ pṝ and connected with puru, pūru ifc. f(ā). , rarely f(ī). ; cf. Pāṇ. iv, 1, 24) a man, male, human being (pl. people, mankind), RV. &c. &c.
a person, (pumān puruṣaḥ, a male person, ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Mn.; daṇḍaḥp˚, punishment personified, Mn.; esp. grammatical pers.; with prathama, madhyama, uttama = the 3rd, 2nd, 1st pers. Nir.; Pāṇ.), an officer, functionary, attendant, servant, Mn.; MBh. &c. (cf. tat-p˚)
a friend, L.
a follower of the Sāṃkhya philosophy (?), L.
a member or representative of a race or generation, TS.; Br.; Mn. &c.
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