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{{Dictkey|སྐྱེས་བུ།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''skyes bu'') ''n.'' {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' kyebu}}
*  ''Skt.'' purusha. person {{Context|[[:Category:Samkhya Tenets|Samkhya Tenets]]}} 
* ''Skt.'' पुरुषः, puruṣa, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' purusha}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} •mc. also | prob. fr. | and connected with | rarely |  a man, male, human being | people, mankind | a person | a male person | punishment personified | •esp. grammatical | with | = the 3rd, 2nd, 1st | an officer, functionary, attendant, servant | a friend | a follower of the Sāṃkhya Philosophy (?) | a member or representative of a race or generation | the height or measure of a man (= 5 Aratnis = 120 Añgulas) | the pupil of the eye | also with | the primaeval man as the soul and original source of the universe  | described in the Purusha-sūkta | the personal and animating principle in men and other beings, the soul or spirit | the Supreme Being or Soul of the universe (sometimes with | or | also identified with Brahmā, Vishṇu, Śiva and Durgā | (in Sāṃkhya) the Spirit as passive and a spectator of the Prakṛiti or creative force | the, 'spirit' or fragrant exhalation of plants | with | N. of the divine or active principles from the minute portions of which the universe was formed | N. of a Pāda in the Mahā-nāmnī verses | of the Ist, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th signs of the zodiac | of a son of Manu Cākshusha | of one of the 18 attendants of the sun | men, people | above  | N. of the Brāhmans of Krauñca-dvīpa | with | N. of 5 princely personages or miraculous persons born under •partic. constellations, Var | Rottleria Tinctoria | Clerodendrum Phlomoides {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}}
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