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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

पारुष्यम्pāruṣyamRoughness, ruggedness, hardness.
[परुषस्य भावः ष्यञ्]
1. Roughness, ruggedness, hardness.
2. Harshness, cruelty, unkindness (as of disposition).
3. Abusive language, abuse, reproach, scurrilous language, insult; Bg.16.4; Y.2.12,72; हिंसा तदभिमानेन दण्ड्यपारुष्ययोर्यथा । वैषम्यमिह भूतानां ममाहमिति पार्थिव ॥ Bhāg.7.1.23.
4. Violence (in word or deed); Ms.7.48,51;8.6,72.
5. The garden of Indra.
6. Aloe-wood.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ष्यः An epithet of Brihaspati.
In the Gita16·4

दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च ।

dambho darpo'bhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca, — Pride, arrogance, excessive self-esteem, wrath, harshness, ignorance, these, O Partha, are the wealth of the man born into the Asuric nature. 16·4
- पारुष्यम्pāruṣyamnominative singular of the neuter noun pāruṣya (harshness).
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