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purīṣa

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.]