1. puMs cl. 10. puMsayati , to crush, grind, Dhātup. xxxii, 94 ( Nom. fr. next?).
puMs 10 U. ( puMsayati-te ) 1 To crush, grind. 2 To pain, trouble, punish.
puMs m. [ pAti pA-pAlane qumsun Uṇ. 4. 147 ] ( Nom. pumAn, pumAMsO, pumAMsaH ; Instr. du. puMByAM ; Voc. sing. puman ) 1 A male, male being; puMsi viSvasiti kutra kumArI N. 5. 110. 2 A man, human being; yasyArTAH sa pumA~lloke H. 1. 3 Man, mankind, people; vaMdyEH puMsAM raGupatipadEH Me. 12. 4 A servant, an attendant. 5 A word inthe masculine gender. 6 The masculine gender; puMsi vA haricaMdanaM Ak. 7 The soul. Comp. — anuja a. ( puMsAnuja ) having an elder brother. — anujA ( pumanujA ) a girl born after the male child; i. e. a girl having an elder brother. — apatyaM ( pumapatyaM ) a male child. — arTaH ( pumarTaH ) 1 the aim of man. 2 any one of the four ends of human existence; i. e. ( pb ) DarmaM, arTaM, kAma and mokza ; see puruzArTa . — AKyA ( pumAKyA ) a designation of a male being. — AcAraH ( pumAcAraH ) a usage of men. — kAMwaH f. a man's hip. — kAmA a woman wishing for a husband. — kokilaH a male cuckoo; Ku. 3. 32. — KewaH ( puMKewaH ) a male plant. — gavaH ( puMgavaH ) 1 a bull, an ox. 2 (at the end of comp. ) chief, best, most excellent, distinguished or pre-eminent of any class; vAlmIkirmunipuMgavaH Rām. ; so gajapuMgavaH Bh. 2. 31 ; narapuMgavaH &c. °ketuH an epithet of Śiva; Ku. 7. 77. — calaH ( puMScalaH ) an adulterer. — calI ( puMScalI ) a harlot, an unchaste woman; Y. 1. 162 — calIyaH ( puMScalIyaH ) the son of a harlot. — calU f. ( puMScalU ) Ved. a harlot. — cihnaM ( puMScihna ) the characteristic of a male, the membrum virile. — janman ( puMjanman ) n. the birth of a male child. °karaH, °daH , °yogaH a constellation under which male children are born. — dAsaH ( puMdAsaH ) a male slave. — DvajaH (puM vajaH) 1 the male of any species of animal. 2 a mouse. — nakzatraM ( puMnakzatraM ) a male asterism. 2 an asterism under which male children are born. — nAgaH ( puMnAgaH ) 1 ‘an elephant among men’, a distinguished man. 2 a white elephant. 3 a white lotus. 4 nutmeg. 5 N. of a tree called nAgakeSara ; R. 4. 57. — nAwaH , — qaH ( puMnAwaH, -qaH ) N. of a tree. — nAmaDeyaH ( puMnAmaDeyaH ) a male. — nAman ( puMnAman ) a. holding a masculine name. ( — m. ) 1 the tree called puMnAga . 2 N. of a hell. — putraH a male child. — prajananaM the male organ of generation. — BUman ( puMBUman ) m. a word of the masculine gender used only in the plural number; dArAH puMBUmni cAkzatAH Ak. — yogaH ( puMyogaH ) 1 cohabitation with men. 2 reference to a male or husband; puMyoge kzatriyI . — ratnaM ( puMratnaM ) an excellent man. — rASiH ( puMrASiH ) a male sign of the zodiac. — rUpaM ( puMrUpaM ) the form of a man. — liMga a. ( puMliMga ) of the masculine gender, masculine. — (gaM) 1 masculine gender. 2 virility, manhood. 3 the male organ. — vatsaH ( puMvatsaH ) a bull-calf. — vfzaH ( puMvfzaH ) the musk-rat. — veza a. ( puMveza ) dressed like a male, clad in male, attire. ( pb ) — savana ( puMsavana ) a. causing the birth of a male child. — (naM) the first of the purificatory Saṃskāras: it is a ceremony performed on a woman's perceiving the first signs of a living conception, with a view to the birth of a son; R. 3. 10. 2 fœtus 3 milk