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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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