purusha

/P UH1 R AH0 SH AH0/

noun

1
(Hinduism) In the Upanishad, an abstract essence of self, spirit, and the Universal Principle that is eternal, without form and all-pervasive, distinguished from the mutable material world.
2
(Hinduism) In early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.

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