Pāli Dictionary

manussa

manustemssasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

purisa, māṇava, jana, nara, mānusa, manuja, jantu

Antonyms

amanussa

general

  • 人；人類

  • human being; man; person

  • Dhp 85

    appakā te manussesu, ye janā pāragāmino, ath'āyaṃ itarā pajā, tīram'ev'ānudhāvati.

  • MN 39

    tattha cakkhumā puriso majjhe ṭhito passeyya manusse gehaṃ pavisante'pi nikkhamante'pi

manu

via inflected form manussa · dative singular / genitive singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 摩奴，人類始祖（原初之人）

  • Manu, the primordial/archetypal man (forefather of humankind)

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