purīṣa पुरीष púrīṣa n. (√ pṝ) earth, land, [RV.] (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.]; [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.] feces, excrement, ordure, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (ifc. f(I). , [BhP.]) a disk, orb (e.g. sūryasya i.e. ‘fulness of the sun’ ?), [RV. x, 27, 21] (with ātharvaṇa) N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.] purīṣaṇa पुरीषण n. the voiding of excrement, [Var.] m. excrement, feces, [L.] the rectum or anus, [Gal.] purīṣama पुरीषम m. Phaseolus Radiatus, [L.] purīṣaya पुरीषय Nom. P. °yati, to void excrement, [L.] purīṣavat पुरीषवत् púrīṣa—vat (púr°), mfn. furnished with rubbish or loose earth (used for filling interstices), [TS.] purīṣabhīru पुरीषभीरु purīṣa—bhīru m. N. of a prince, [BhP.] purīṣabheda पुरीषभेद purīṣa—bheda m. diarrhoea, [Car.] purīṣapada पुरीषपद purīṣa—pada n. N. of partic. passages inserted (to fill up) in the recitation of the Mahānāmnī verses, [Br.]; [ŚrS.] purīṣavatī पुरीषवती púrīṣa—vatī (ī), f. N. of a kind of brick, [ŚBr.] purīṣabhedin पुरीषभेदिन् purīṣa—bhedin mfn. ‘loosening the feces’, relaxing the bowels, [MW.] purīṣavāhaṇa पुरीषवाहण purīṣa—vā́haṇa or purīṣa—vā́hana, mf(I)n. removing rubbish or refuse, [VS.]; [TS.]; [Kāṭh.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 65]). purīṣavāhana पुरीषवाहन purīṣa—vā́haṇa or purīṣa—vā́hana, mf(I)n. removing rubbish or refuse, [VS.]; [TS.]; [Kāṭh.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 65]). purīṣanigrahaṇa पुरीषनिग्रहण purīṣa—nigrahaṇa mfn. stopping or obstructing the bowels, [Suśr.] purīṣavirañjanīya पुरीषविरञ्जनीय purīṣa—virañjanīya mfn. changing the colour of the feces, [L.] purīṣasaṃgrahaṇīya पुरीषसंग्रहणीय purīṣa—saṃgrahaṇīya mfn. making the feces more solid, [ib.] purīṣamūtrapratighāta पुरीषमूत्रप्रतिघात purīṣa—mūtra-pratighāta m. obstruction of the solid and liquid excretions, [Cat.]