puruṣa

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[mw] m. (mc. also p/ūr; prob. fr. pṝ and connected with puru, pūru ifc. f (A)., rarely f (I).; cf. Pa1n2. 4-i, 24) a man, male, human being (pl. people, mankind) RV. &c 637,1 126438 m. a person, (pumān puruṣaḥ, a male person S3a1n3khGr2. Mn.; daṇḍaḥp, punishment personified Mn.; esp. grammatical pers.; with prathama, madhyama, uttama = the 3rd, 2nd, 1st pers. Nir. Pa1n2.), an officer, functionary, attendant, servant Mn.;...

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m. (mc. also p/ūr; prob. fr. pṝ and connected with puru, pūru ifc. f (A)., rarely f (I).; cf. Pa1n2. 4-i, 24) a man, male, human being (pl. people, mankind) RV. &c 637,1 126438 m....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

127

Texts Appeared In

25

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 46 36.2%
2. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 20 15.7%
3. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 14 11.0%
4. Kūrmapurāṇa 8 6.3%
5. Garuḍapurāṇa 4 3.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: pūruṣayoḥ

  tena vikuṇṭhamahimānam ṛṣiṃ tam enaṃ vande paraṃ prakṛtipūruṣayoḥ pumāṃsam

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: pūruṣayoḥ

  kālasya te prakṛtipūruṣayoḥ parasya śaṃ nas tanotu caraṇaḥ puruṣottamasya

• Mahābhārata surface: pūruṣaḥ

  īdṛśaṃ duḥkham ānīya modate pāpapūruṣaḥ