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purusha   Term Image (puruṣa ; पुरुष) Script Image
(Language:  Sanskrit)
Alternate Spellings: purusa
Short Description: Literally, "man;" the informing or shaping principle of creation; the "masculine" demiurge or fashioner of the universe; see "Prakriti (Prakṛti)."
Long Description: Literally, "man;" the informing or shaping principle of creation; the "masculine" demiurge or fashioner of the universe; see "Prakriti (Prakṛti)."
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Source(s): The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger
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Related Terms: prakriti
Provided By: Dictionary of Spiritual Terms