As a deity name
Name 584 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by 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, male, human being (pl. people, mankind), &c. &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "puruṣāyai" is the dative of "puruṣa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
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˚)
Caveats
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