purīṣa

Dictionary meanings for purīṣa from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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purīṣa

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

n. (pṝ) earth, land RV. 636,2 126267 n. (esp.) crumbling or loose earth, rubbish (perhaps that which fills up, as opp. to that which flows off, the solid opp. to the fluid), rubble, anything used to fill up interstices in a wall VS.; TS.; S3Br.; Gr2S3rS. 636,2 126268 n. feces, excrement, ordure S3Br. &c (ifc. f (I). BhP.) 636,2 126269 n. a disk, orb (e.g. sūryasya i.e. fulness of the sun ?) RV. x, 27, 21 636,2 126270

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