puruzaH [ puri dehe Sete SI-qa pfzo° Tv. ; pur-agragamane kuzan Uṇ. 4. 74 ] 1 A male being, man; arTataH puruzo nArI yA nArI sArTataH pumAn Mk. 3. 27 ; Ms. 1. 32 ; 7. 17 ; 9. 2 ; R. 2. 41. 2 Men, mankind. 3 A member or representative of a generation. 4 An officer, functionary, agent, attendant, servant. 5 The height or measure of a man (considered as a measure of length); dvO puruzO pramARamasyAH sA dvipuruzA-zI pariKA Sk. 6 The soul; dvAvimO puruzO loke kzaraScAkzara eva ca Bg. 15. 16 &c. 7 The Supreme Being, God (soul of the universe); Śi. 1. 33 ; R. 13. 6. 8 A person (in grammar); praTamapuruzaH the third person, maDyamapuruzaH the second person, and uttamapuruzaH the first person, (this is the strict order in Sk. ). 9 The pupil of the eye. 10 (In Sān. phil. ) The soul ( opp. prakfti ); according to the Sāṃkhyas it is neither a production nor productive; it is passive and a looker-on of the Prakṛti; cf. Ku. 2. 13 and the word sAMKya also. 11 The soul, the original source of the universe (described in the puruzasUkta ); sahasraSIrzaH puruzaH sahasrAkzaH sahasrapAt &c. 12 The Punnāga tree. 13 N. of the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh signs of the zodiac. 14 The seven divine or active principles of which the universe was formed. — zI A woman. — zaM An epithet of the mountain Meru. Comp. — aMgaM the male organ of generation. — adaH, -ad m. ‘a maneater’, cannibal, goblin. — aDamaH the vilest of men, a very low or ( pb ) despicable man. — aDikAraH 1 a manly office or duty. 2 calculation or estimation of men; Ki. 3. 51. — aMtaraM another man. — ayaRaH -arTaH 1 any one of the four principal objects of human life; i. e. Darma, arTa, kAma and mokza . 2 human effort or exertion ( puruzakAra ); H. Pr. 35. — asTimAlin m. an epithet of Śiva. — AdyaH 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 2 a demon. — AyuzaM, -Ayus n. the duration of a man's life; akfpaRamatiH kAmaM jIvyAjjanaH puruza yuzaM Ve. 6. 44 ; puruzAyuzajIvinyo nirAtaMkA nirItayaH R. 1. 63. — ASin m. ‘a man-eater’, a demon, goblin. — iMdraH a king. — uttamaH 1 an excellent man. 2 the highest or Supreme Being, an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa; yasmAt kzaramatIto'hamakzarAdapi cottamaH . ato'smi loke vede ca praTitaH puruzottamaH .. Bg. 15. 18. 3 a best attendant. 4 a Jaina. 5 N. of a district in Orissa sacred to Viṣṇu. — kAraH 1 human effort or exertion, manly act, manliness, prowess ( opp. dEva ); evaM puruzakAreRa vinA dEvaM na siDyati H. Pr. 32 ; dEve puruzakAre ca karmasidDirvyavasTitA Y. 1. 349 ; cf. “god helps those who help themselves”; Pt. 5. 30 ; Ki. 5. 52. 2 manhood, virility. — kuRapaH — paM a human corpse. — kesArin m. man-lion’, an epithet of Viṣṇu in his fourth incarnation; puruzakesariRaSca purA naKEH Ś. 7. 3. — jYAnaM knowledge of mankind. — daDna, -dvayas a. of the height of a man. — dviz m. an enemy of Viṣṇu. — dveziRI an ill-tempered woman (who hates her husband). — nAyaH 1 a general, commander. 2 a king. — niyamaH (in gram. ) a restriction to a person, — paSuH a beast of a man, brutish person; cf. narapaSu . — puMgavaH, -puMqarIkaH a superior or eminent man. — puraM N. of the capital of Gāndhāra, q. v. — bahumAnaH the esteem of mankind; Bh. 3. 9. — meDaH a human sacrifice. — varaH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — vAhaH 1 an epithet of Garuḍa. 2 an epithet of Kubera. — vyAGraH, -SArdUlaH , — siMhaH ‘a tiger or lion among men,’ a distinguished or eminent man. 2 a hero, brave man. — samavAyaH a number of men. — sUktaM N. of the 90th hymn of the 10th Maṇḍala ( pb ) of the Ṛgveda (regarded as a very sacred hymn).