man (in poetry esp. a brave, strong heroic man), pl. either “men” or “people” (the latter e.g. at Snp.776, Snp.1082; Pv.i.11#12)
■ AN.i.130 AN.ii.5; AN.iii.53; Snp.39, Snp.96, Snp.116, Snp.329, Snp.591, Snp.676, Snp.865 etc. Dhp.47, Dhp.48, Dhp.262, Dhp.309, Dhp.341; Ja.iii.295; Mnd.12 = Cnd.335 (definition); Vv-a.42 (popular etymology: narati netī ti naro puriso, i.e. a “leading” man); Pv-a.116 = Dhp.125.
- -ādhama vilest of men Snp.246;
- -āsabha “man-bull”, i.e. lord of men Snp.684, Snp.996;
- -inda “man-lord”, i.e. king Snp.836; Ja.i.151;
- -uttama best of men (Ep. of the Buddha) SN.i.23; DN.iii.147; Snp.1021;
- -deva god-man or man-god (pl.), gods, also epithet of the B. “king of men” SN.i.5; Pv.iv.3#50;
- -nārī (pl.) men & women, appl. to male & female angelic servants (of the Yakkhas) Vv.32#4, Vv.33#7 Vv.53#8; Pv.ii.11#2;
- -vīra a hero (?), a skilled man (?) Thag.736 (naravīrakata “by human skill & wit” Mrs. Rh D.).
- -sīha lion of men Ja.i.89.
Ved. nara, cp. nṛtu; Idg. *ner to be strong or valiant = Gr. ἀνήρ, ἀγ ήνωρ (valiant), δρώψ (*νρώψ); Lat neriosus (muscuḷar), Nero (Sabinian, cp. Oscan ner Lat. vir); Oir. nert