[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1319 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1319 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1319 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1319) PĀPA-PURUSHA. ‘Man of sin.’ A personification of all wickedness in a human form, of which all the members are great sins. The head is brahmanicide, the arm cow-killing, the nose woman-murder, &c. - [Previous: c5.1318](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1318) - [Next: c5.1320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1320) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1319) · Pramāṇa