MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Purushan mean?
Malayalam Purushan continues Sanskrit purusha, “man” or “person”. In Indian philosophy, purusha can also denote the conscious self, giving the root a broader sense than biological sex.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पुरुषन
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
പുരുഷൻ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Purushan in Indian usage
2,183 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 446 |
| 1950s | 881 |
| 1960s | 616 |
| Other decades | 240 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 2,183 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: पुरुष ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.