Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

purīṣa पुरीष – faeces; excrement

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

faeces; excrement

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

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púrīṣa ·n. crumbling or loose earth, rubbish, excrement, ordure; poss. °vant.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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purīṣa purīṣa, am, n. (said to be fr. rt. pṝ), vapour, damp exhalations rising in the air, moisture, fluid in general (Sāy. = udaka); dust, anything crumbled; mould, rubbish, rubble-stones, anything used to fill up interstices in a wall; feces, excrement, ordure; (ī), f. epithet of a particular religious observance.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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púrīṣa UṆĀDIS. 4,27. 1〉 n. SIDDH. K. 249,b,5. a〉 Dunst, in die Luft steigende Flüssigkeit; viell. Nass überh.; = udaka NAIGH. 1,12. NIR. 2,22. udyansàmu̱drādu̱ta vā̱ purī̀ṣāt ṚV. 1,163,1. ā yā̱tvindrò di̱va ā pṛ̀thi̱vyā ma̱kṣū sàmu̱drādu̱ta vā̱ purī̀ṣāt ṚV. 4,21,3. parjànyavātā pṛthi̱vyāḥ purī̀ṣāṇi jinvata̱mapyā̀ni ṚV. 6,49,6. avaḥ sūryàsya bṛha̱taḥ purī̀ṣāt ṚV. 10,27,21. ṚV. 10,27,23. yayā̀ va̱ṇigva̱ṅkurāpā̱ purī̀ṣam ṚV. 5,45,6. Wasser: yathā purīṣaṃ nadyaḥ samudramahorātre apramādaṃ kṣaranti KAUŚ. 98. — b〉 (Staub, alles Zerbröckelte) Schutt, lose Erde, Geröll u. s. w.; was zur Ausfüllung der Zwischenräume bei Mauerwerk und dergl. dient (vgl. karīṣa): agneḥ VS. 5,13. VS. 12,46. VS. 13,31. apām 53. pṛthivyāḥ VS. 14,4. VS. 38,21. pra̱jā vai pa̱śava̱ḥ purī̀ṣam kleineres Beiwerk, ἔπιπλα TS. 2,6,4,3. purī̀ṣa̱ṃ vai madhyàmā̱tmanàḥ TS. 5,3,5,2. TS. 5,1,4,2. purī̀ṣeṇā̱bhyū̀hati TS. 2,3,7. TS. 6,6,4. TS. 6,10,3. ŚAT. BR. 1,2,5,17. ŚAT. BR. 2,1,2,7. ŚAT. BR. 8,1,4,10. ŚAT. BR. 8,5,4,4. ŚAT. BR. 8,7,4,12. KĀTY. ŚR. 2,6,11. KĀTY. ŚR. 8,6,15. KĀTY. ŚR. 16,5,10. KĀTY. ŚR. 17,7,10. sa˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 9. ŚAT. BR. 12,5,2,5. vedi˚ ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,5. Daher heissen so grössere Ausfüllstücke, vollständig purīṣapada, in der Recitation der sog. Mahānāmnī-Verse ŚĀṄKH. BR. 23,2. PAÑCAV. BR. 13,4,12. PAÑCAV. BR. 13,4,13. ĀŚV. ŚR. 7,12. LĀṬY. 4,10,18. LĀṬY. 7,5,7. LĀṬY. 7,8,7. LĀṬY. 10,2,10. ANUPADA 4,2. sapurīṣapada adj. ĀŚV. ŚR. 7,12. ĀŚV. ŚR. 8,14. Hierher wohl auch purīṣamātharvaṇam als N. eines Sāman Ind. St. 3,223,a. — c〉 Unrath, Koth, die Excremente AK. 2,6,2,19. AK. 3,4,30,233. H. 634. HALĀY. 3,15. ŚAT. BR. 6,7,1,10. yanmūtraṃ karoti yatpurīṣam ŚAT. BR. 7,1,2,15. KĀTY. ŚR. 9,6,23. KAUŚ. 48. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,12. M. 5,138. nāpsu mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā ṣṭhīvanaṃ vā samutsṛjet M. 4,56. purīṣotsargaṃ kṛtvā HIT. 85,9. purīṣotsargamācaran PAÑCAT. 29,25. annamaśitaṃ tredhā vidhīyate tasya yaḥ sthaviṣṭho dhātustatpurīṣaṃ bhavati yo madhyamastanmāṃsaṃ yo 'ṇiṣṭhastanmanaḥ CHĀND. UP. 6,5,1. purīṣāddutisahasra GOBH. 4,9,18. M. 3,250. M. 5,123. M. 6,76. M. 11,154. purīṣamupastambhaṃ vāyvagnidhāraṇaṃ ca SUŚR. 1,48,12. ˚kṣaya SUŚR. 49,8. mūtrapurīṣavṛddhi SUŚR. 118,6. SUŚR. 118,10. SUŚR. 132,8. ˚nigrahaṇa stopfend WISE 137. — Spr. 1455. Spr. 2160. Spr. 2227. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,18. niṣpurīṣaṃ kṛtvā von Unrath rein ĀŚV. ŚR. 6,10. puruṣādapurīṣa als Schimpfwort BHĀG. P. 9,10,22. sthālī˚ die am Kessel hängenden Reste BHĀG. P. 5,9,12. — 2〉 f. ī Bez. einer best. religiösen Feier: purīṣyagniṣṭutau BHĀG. P. 3,12,40. = purīṣīcayana Schol. — Wohl von 1. par. Vgl. vi˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

purīṣa 1〉c〉 Schmutz, Koth: dravatpurīṣī (bhū) BHĀG. P. 10,18,6.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

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púrīṣa — 1〉 n. (adj. Comp. f. ī) — a〉 das Bröcklige, Feste (im Gegensatz zum Flüssigen); vgl. KUHNʼS Z. 26,62. fgg. — b〉 Erde, Land. — c〉 Schutt, lose Erde, Gerölle, Füllsel. — d〉 Bez. der Ausfüllstücke in der Recitation der sogenannten Mahānāmnī Verse. Vollständig ˚pada n. — e〉 Unrath, Schmutz, Koth, die Excremente, Am Ende eines Comp. so v. a. der Auswurf von. — f〉 ātharvana Name eines Sāman. — 2〉 f. purīṣī Das Schichten, = cayana Comm.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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purīṣaṃ [pṝ-īṣan kicca Uṇ. 4. 27] 1 Feces, excrement, ordure; Ms. 3. 250, Ms. 5. 123, Ms. 6. 76; Ms. 4. 56. 2 Rubbish, dirt. 3 Ved. Water. Comp. — ādhānaṃ the rectum. — utsargaḥ voiding excrement. — nigrahaṇaṃ obstruction of the bowels.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

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púrīṣa n. Erde, Land, Schutt, Unrat, Kot.

Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

purīṣa purīṣa et purīṣaṇa n. excréments, ordure.

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DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 79–83: Power and Bhūcarasiddhi 1 occurrence

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 67–73: Examining Obstacles 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.49-3.57: Mūlabandha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.41-3.48: Atemkraft und Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 2.12-2.13: Signs of the Fire of Yoga 1 occurrence

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