púruṣa m. (mc. also pū́r°; prob. fr. √ pṝ and connected with puru, pūru ifc. f(A). , rarely f(I). ; cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 24]) a man, male, human being (pl. people, mankind), [RV.] &c. &c.
a person, (pumān puruṣaḥ, a male person, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [Mn.]; daṇḍaḥp°, punishment personified, [Mn.]; esp. grammatical pers.; with prathama, madhyama, uttama = the 3rd, 2nd, 1st pers. [Nir.]; [Pāṇ.]), an officer, functionary, attendant, servant, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. tat-p°)
a friend, [L.]
a follower of the Sāṃkhya philosophy (?), [L.]
a member or representative of a race or generation, [TS.]; [Br.]; [Mn.] &c.
the height or measure of a man (= 5 Aratnis = 120 Aṅgulas), [ŚBr.]; [Śulbas.]; [Var.]
the pupil of the eye, [ŚBr.]
(also with nārāyaṇa) the primaeval man as the soul and original source of the universe (described in the Puruṣa-sūkta q.v.), [RV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
the personal and animating principle in men and other beings, the soul or spirit, [AV.] &c. &c.
the Supreme Being or Soul of the universe (sometimes with para, parama, or uttama; also identified with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and Durgā), [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
(in Sāṃkhya) the Spirit as passive and a spectator of the Prakṛti or creative force, [IW. 82] &c.
the ‘spirit’ or fragrant exhalation of plants, [RV. x, 51, 8]
(with sapta) N. of the divine or active principles from the minute portions of which the universe was formed, [Mn. i, 19]
N. of a Pāda in the Mahā-nāmnī verses, [Lāṭy.]
of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th signs of the zodiac, [Jyot.]
of a son of Manu Cākṣuṣa, [BhP.]
of one of the 18 attendants of the sun, [L.]
pl. men, people (cf. above)
N. of the Brāhmans of Krauñca-dvīpa, [BhP.]
(with pañca) N. of 5 princely personages or miraculous persons born under partic. constellations, [Var.]
Rottleria Tinctoria, [L.]
Clerodendrum Phlomoides, [L.]
púruṣa m or n. = puruṣaka m. n., [Śiś. v, 56], Sch.
púruṣa n. (!) N. of mount Meru, [L.]