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mānusaṁ

Mānusa

adjective noun (adj.) human Snp.301 (bhoga); Iti.94 (kāmā dibbā ca mānusā); Pv.ii.9#21 (m. deha); Pv.ii.9#56 (id.)- amānusa divine Vv.35#6 ; Pv.ii.12#20 ; ghostly (= superhuman) Pv.iv.3#6 ; f. amānusī Pv.iii.7 . 9 (n. m. ) a human being, a man Mhvs.15 , Mhvs.64 ; f. mānusī a (human woman Ja.iv.231 ; …

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adjective noun

  1. (adj.) human Snp.301 (bhoga); Iti.94 (kāmā dibbā ca mānusā); Pv.ii.9#21 (m. deha); Pv.ii.9#56 (id.)- amānusa divine Vv.35#6; Pv.ii.12#20; ghostly (= superhuman) Pv.iv.3#6; f. amānusī Pv.iii.7.9
  2. (n. m.) a human being, a man Mhvs.15, Mhvs.64; f. mānusī a (human woman Ja.iv.231; Pv.ii.4#1
    ■ amānusa a superhuman being Pv.iv.1#57
    ■ pl. mānusā men Snp.361, Snp.644; Pv.ii.11#7. As nt. in collective sense = mankind Pv.ii.11#3 (variant reading mānussaṃ; C. = manussaloka). Manusaka = manusa

cp. Vedic mānuṣa; fr. same base (manus) as manussa

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