Dharmalib

purīṣa

Dictionary Definitions

[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

Gaṇa 4· divadi · āpyāyane

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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.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

  1. Suśrutasaṃhitā 91 21.7%
  2. Carakasaṃhitā 76 18.1%
  3. Mahābhārata 33 7.9%
  4. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 21 5.0%
  5. Baudhāyanadharmasūtra 14 3.3%

Concordance (Sample)

  • Manusmṛti surface: purīṣair

    madyair mūtraiḥ purīṣair vā ṣṭhīvanaiḥ pūyaśoṇitaiḥ

  • Manusmṛti surface: purīṣaṃ

    kṛtvā mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā khāny ācānta upaspṛśet

  • Pāśupatasūtra surface: purīṣam

    mūtrapurīṣaṃ nāvekṣet

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