purīṣa
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[mw] n. (pṝ) earth, land RV. 636,2 126267 n. (esp.) crumbling or loose earth, rubbish (perhaps that which fills up, as opp. to that which flows off, the solid opp. to the fluid), rubble, anything used to fill up interstices in a wall VS.; TS.; S3Br.; Gr2S3rS. 636,2 126268 n. feces, excrement, ordure S3Br. &c (ifc. f (I). BhP.) 636,2 126269 n. a disk, orb (e.g. sūryasya i.e. fulness of the sun ?) RV. x, 27, 21 636,2 126270
Root
√pūrī पूरी
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n. (pṝ) earth, land RV. 636,2 126267 n. (esp.) crumbling or loose earth, rubbish (perhaps that which fills up, as opp. to that which flows off, the solid opp. to the fluid),...
Corpus Profile
- Part of Speech
- NOUN
- Total Occurrences
- 419
- Texts Appeared In
- 66
DCS: relating or belonging to Yayāti | Monier-Williams: (with ATarvaRa ) N. of a Sāman , ĀrṣBr.
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madyair mūtraiḥ purīṣair vā ṣṭhīvanaiḥ pūyaśoṇitaiḥ
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kṛtvā mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā khāny ācānta upaspṛśet
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mūtrapurīṣaṃ nāvekṣet