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amānusaṁ

Amānusa

adjective non-or superhuman unhuman, demonic, peculiar to a non-human (Peta or Yakkha) Pv.ii.12#20 (kāma); Pv.iv.1#57 (as n.); Pv.iv.3#6 (gandha, of Petas) ■ f. ˚ī Dhp.373 (rati = dibbā rati Dhp-a.iv.110 ); Pv.iii.7#9 (ratti, love). Vedic amānuṣa, usually of demons, but also of gods; a + mānusa, cp.

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adjective non-or superhuman unhuman, demonic, peculiar to a non-human (Peta or Yakkha) Pv.ii.12#20 (kāma); Pv.iv.1#57 (as n.); Pv.iv.3#6 (gandha, of Petas)
f. ˚ī Dhp.373 (rati = dibbā rati Dhp-a.iv.110); Pv.iii.7#9 (ratti, love).

Vedic amānuṣa, usually of demons, but also of gods; a + mānusa, cp. amanussa

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