పురుషుడు

Telugu

Alternative forms

A roman man sculpture.

Etymology

From Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa, man, male, human being) + -డు (-ḍu)

Noun

పురుషుడు (puruṣuḍu) m (plural పురుషులు)

  1. Man: An adult male human.
  2. a husband.
  3. the supreme being as the soul of the universe.
  4. the in-dwelling all-knower (as opposed to ప్రకృతి (prakr̥ti))

Derived terms

References

“పురుషుడు” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 771

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