Dharmalib

purīṣa

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),...

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[mw] 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

Root

√pūrī पूरी

Gaṇa 4· divadi · āpyāyane

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Corpus Profile

Part of Speech
NOUN
Occurrences
419
Texts
66

DCS: relating or belonging to Yayāti | Monier-Williams: (with ATarvaRa ) N. of a Sāman , ĀrṣBr.

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Appears in 81 texts.

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Concordance Sample

Manusmṛtisurface: purīṣair

madyair mūtraiḥ purīṣair vā ṣṭhīvanaiḥ pūyaśoṇitaiḥ

Manusmṛtisurface: purīṣaṃ

kṛtvā mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā khāny ācānta upaspṛśet

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