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किम्पुरुष n. आग्नीध्र के नौ पुत्रों में दूसरा । इसकी पत्नी का नाम प्रतिरुपा । यह किंपुरुषवर्ष का अधिपति था [भा.५.२] ; आग्नीध्र देखिये ।
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किम्—पुरुष m.
-पुरुष॑ [[ŚBr. i] ] or -पु॑रुष [[ŚBr. vii] ], m. ‘what sort of a man?’ a mongrel being (according to the ब्राह्मणs an evil being similar to man; perhaps originally a kind of monkey [cf. [BhP. xi, 16, 29] ]; in later times the word is usually identified with किं-नर, though sometimes applied to other beings in which the figure of a man and that of an animal are combined; these beings are supposed to live on हेम-कूट and are regarded as the attendants of कुबेर; with Jains the किम्पुरुषs, like the किंनरs, belong to the व्यन्तरs)
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N. of one of the nine sons of आग्नीध्र (having the वर्षकिम्पुरुष as his hereditary portion), [VP.]
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किम्पुरुष-वर्ष a division of the earth (one of the nine खण्डs or portions into which the earth is divided, and described as the country between the हिमाचल and हेम-कूट mountains, also called , [Kād.] ), [VP.] ; [BhP.] ; [MatsyaP.] &c.
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