पुरु [puru] a. a. (-रु
-र्वी f. f.) [पृ-पालनपोषणयोः कु;
[Uṇ.1.24] ] Much, abundant, excessive, many; (in classical literature पुरु occurs usually at the beginning of proper names); इन्द्रो मायाभिः पुरुरूप ईयते
[Bṛi. Up.2.5.19;] स्त्रीणां प्रियतमो नित्यं मत्तस्तु पुरुलम्पटः
[Bhāg.7.15.7.] रुः The pollen of flowers.
Heaven, the world of the immortals.
N. N. of a demon killed by Indra.
N. N. of a prince, the sixth monarch of the lunar race. [He was the youngest son of Yayāti and Śarmiṣṭhā. When Yayāti asked his five sons if any one of them would exchange his youth and beauty for his own decrepitude and infirmities, it was Puru alone who consented to make the exchange. After a thousand years Yayāti restored to Puru his youth and beauty and made him successor to the throne. Puru was the ancestor of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas.] -ind.
Much, exceedingly.
Repeatedly, often. -Comp.
-कृत, -कृत्वन् a. a. efficacious.
-जित् m. m.
an epithet of Viṣṇu.
N. N. of king Kuntibhoja of his brother.
-दम् gold.
-दंशकः a goose.
-दंश (-स) -सा, -दत्रः, -द्रुह् m. m. epithets of Indra (Ved.).
-निष्ठ a. a. excelling among many.
-प्रौढ a. a. possessing much self-confidence. -भोजस्m. a cloud.
-लम्पट a. a. very lustful or lascivious.
-ह, -हु much, many.
-हूत a. a. invoked by many; प्रादुश्चकर्थ यदिदं पुरुहूतरूपम्
[Bhāg.3.15.5.] (-तः) an epithet of Indra; पुरुहूतध्वजः
[R.4.3;16.5;] पुरुहूतमुख्याः (लोकपालाः)
[Ku.7.45.] [Ms.11.122.] ˚द्विष् m. an epithet of Indrajit.
-हूतिः m. m. an epithet of Viṣṇu. -f. manifold invocation.