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meanings of "puruSa" [1]
m.{a-stem}
1.a male being;
2.men;
3.a member or representative of a generation;
4.an officer;
5.the height or measure of a man (considered as a measure of length);
6.the soul;
7.the Supreme Being (soul of the universe);
8.a person (in grammar);
9.the pupil of the eye;
10.(in saaG. phil.) thesoul;
11.the soul;
12.the punnaaga tree;
13.name of the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh signs of the zodiac;
14.the seven divine or active principles of which the universe was formed
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meanings of "puruSa" [2]
n.{a-stem}
1.an epithet of the mountain meru
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