पुरुषमेध (puruṣamedha) is a Sanskrit word meaning the sacrifice of a man, the name of the supposed author of the Vajasaneyi-samhita, a human sacrifice, an offence leading to a specific hell. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Human sacrifice ritual (Puruṣamedha), Name of an author.
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— The Purana Index
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
