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Definition of purusha - 3 dictionary results

pu⋅ru⋅sha

  [poor-uh-shuh]
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–noun Hinduism.
(in Sankhya and Yoga) one's true self, regarded as eternal and unaffected by external happenings.
Compare prakriti.

Origin:
< Skt puruṣa lit., man
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Pu·ru·sha   (pōō'rə-shə)   
n.   Hinduism
The primeval man, considered to be the soul of the universe, which was created out of his body.

[Sanskrit Puruṣaḥ, from puruṣaḥ, man.]
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purusha

("person," or "spirit"), in Indian philosophy, the soul, or self. The existence of an eternal, unchanging self is accepted by most schools of Indian philosophy, though they differ in their description of its essence and the proofs for its existence.

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