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purusha (puruṣa ; पुरुष)

(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).”

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger