Pāli Dictionary

mānusa

manuroot*sasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

purisa, manussa, māṇava, jana, nara, manuja, jantu

Antonyms

dibba, dibya, amānusa

general

  • human; (as noun) a human being, man, mankind

  • Snp 2.1

    tasmā hi bhūtā nisāmetha sabbe, mettaṃ karotha mānusiyā pajāya, divā ca ratto ca haranti ye baliṃ, tasmā hi ne rakkhatha appamattā.

  • AN 5.23

    so sace ākaṅkhati, dibbāya sotadhātuyā visuddhāya atikkantamānusikāya ubho sadde suṇeyyaṃ, dibbe ca mānuse ca ye dūre santike cā'ti, tatra tatr'eva sakkhibhabbataṃ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.

mānusā

approximate

mānusastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Mānusā, a class of deities (grammatically the plural of mānusa/manu)

  • DN 20

    samānā mahāsamanā, mānusā mānus'uttamā, khiḍḍāpadosikā āguṃ, āguṃ manopadosikā.

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