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Monier-Williams · puruṣottama
puruṣôttama See below

Monier-Williams · puruṣottama
puruṣôttama m. the best of men, an excellent or superior man Hariv. Sāh ‖ the best of servants, a good attendant Kāv ‖ the highest being, Supreme Spirit, N. of Vishnu or Kṛishṇa MBh. Kāv. &c. (IW. 91, n. 3 &c.) ‖ = -kṣetra Cat ‖ (with Jainas) an Arhat ‖ N. of the fourth black Vāsudeva ‖ a Jina (one of the generic terms for a deified teacher of the Jaina sect) ‖ N. of sev. authors and various men (also -dāsa, -dīkṣita, -deva, -deva-śarman, -paṇḍita, -prasāda, -bhaṭṭa, -bhaṭṭâtmaja, -bhāraty-ācārya, -miśra, -manu-sudhīndra, -sarasvatī mâcāya, mânanda-tīrtha, {mâna