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Purusha

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Noun
  1. 1
    In early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life. Hinduism
  2. 2
    In the Upanishad, an abstract essence of self, spirit, and the Universal Principle that is eternal, without form and all-pervasive, distinguished from the mutable material world. Hinduism

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa).

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