Names #14, #406 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

पुरुषः Purusha — meaning in Hindi

Purusha (puruṣaḥ) is name #14 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Hindi (हिन्दी), the shloka it comes from in Devanagari, and the English meaning — from the full name page.

Name #14 · पुरुषः

देह रूपी नगर में वास करने वाला चैतन्य

In English: The spirit dwelling in the city of the body

From shloka 2 · chapter Matsya

पूतात्मा परमात्मा च मुक्तानां परमा गतिः
अव्ययः पुरुषः साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञोऽक्षर एव च
verse 2

Also in this shloka: pūtātmā · paramātmā · muktānāṃ paramā gatiḥ · avyayaḥ · sākṣī · kṣetrajñaḥ · akṣaraḥ

Name #406 · पुरुषः

वह पुरुष, जो सबसे पहले था

In English: The person who was before all

From shloka 44 · chapter Narasiṃha

वैकुण्ठः पुरुषः प्राणः प्राणदः प्रणवः पृथुः
हिरण्यगर्भः शत्रुघ्नो व्याप्तो वायुरधोक्षजः
verse 44

Also in this shloka: vaikuṇṭhaḥ · prāṇaḥ · prāṇadaḥ · praṇavaḥ · pṛthuḥ · hiraṇyagarbhaḥ · śatrughnaḥ · vyāptaḥ · vāyuḥ · adhokṣajaḥ

Purusha in other languages: Telugu · Tamil · Kannada · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English