PURUSHA

Meaning of PURUSHA in English

/poor"euh sheuh/ , n. Hinduism.

(in Sankhya and Yoga) one's true self, regarded as eternal and unaffected by external happenings. Cf. prakriti .

[ purusa lit., man ]

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PURUSHA — ˈpu̇rəshə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit puruṣa, literally, man : the soul that with prakriti constitutes the primary cause …
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PURUSHA — Sanskrit Purusa (person, or spirit), in Indian philosophy, the soul, or self. The existence of an eternal, unchanging self is …
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PURUSHA — [Hindu] "Person", or "spirit". In Hindu myth, the masculine half of Brahma, of whom Satrap is the feminine half. In …
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PURUSHA — Пуруша
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PRAKRITI AND PURUSHA — In the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy, material nature and the soul. Prakriti is material nature in its germinal state, …
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PRAKRITI AND PURUSHA — In the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy, material nature and the soul. Prakriti is material nature in its germinal state, …
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SAMKHYA — One of the six orthodox systems ( It adopts a consistent {{link=dualism">dualism between matter and soul (see prakriti and purusha …
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SANKHYA — noun also sam·khya ˈsäŋkyə ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit sāṁkhya, literally, based on calculation, philosophical method, from …
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PRAKRITI — ˈprəkrəd.ē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit prakṛti 1. : unmanifested cosmic energy or potential matter that in Sankhya philosophy …
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PRAKRITI — /pruk"ri tee/ , n. Hinduism. (in Sankhya philosophy) primal matter or substance from which the physical and mental universe evolves …
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AHANKARA — /euh hung kahr"euh/ , n. Hinduism, Buddhism. the false identification of the purusha, or true inner self, with the body, …
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PRAKRITI — Sanskrit Prakrti ("source"), also called Pradhana ("principal"), in the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy, material nature in its germinal state, …
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ATMAN — Sanskrit Atman, one of the most basic concepts in Hindu philosophy, describing that eternal core of the personality that survives …
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AHANKARA — Sanskrit Ahamkara (I-saying, or I-making), in the dualist and evolutionist Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy, the second stage of development …
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YOGA — (Sanskrit: Yoking, or Union), one of the six orthodox systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy. Its influence has been widespread among …
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SAMKHYA — also spelled Sankhya, Sanskrit Samkhya (Enumeration, or Number) one of the six orthodox systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy (q.v.). Samkhya …
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SAMKHYA — One of the six orthodox systems ( darshans ) of Indian philosophy. It adopts a consistent dualism between matter and …
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SPIRIT
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SOUL — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, Geist, Muse, afflatus, an existence, anima, anima humana, animating force, animus, ardency, ardor, article, …
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SHADOW
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SHADE
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SELF — Synonyms and related words : I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana, atman, ba, better self, breath, …
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PSYCHE — Synonyms and related words : Vernunft, anima, anima humana, animus, atman, ba, brain, brains, breath, breath of life, buddhi, coconscious, …
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PNEUMA — Synonyms and related words : anima, anima humana, animating force, animus, atman, ba, bathmism, beating heart, biological clock, biorhythm, blood, …
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MIND — Synonyms and related words : Mnemosyne, affect memory, aim, ambition, ambivalent, anima, anima humana, animadvert, animus, anterograde memory, appetence, appetency, …
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JIVA — Synonyms and related words : anima, anima humana, animating force, atman, ba, bathmism, beating heart, biological clock, biorhythm, blood, breath, …
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INNER MAN — Synonyms and related words : I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana, atman, ba, better self, bosom, …
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HEART
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EGO — Synonyms and related words : I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana, atman, ba, better self, breath, …
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BREATH — Synonyms and related words : Aqua-Lung, a breath, afterdamp, amaze, anima, anima humana, animating force, aroma, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic …
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ATMAN — Synonyms and related words : anima, anima humana, animating force, astral body, ba, bathmism, beating heart, biological clock, biorhythm, blood, …
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