Pāli Dictionary

purisa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

manussa, jana, nara, mānusa, jantu, puma

Antonyms

itthi, itthī, nippurisa

general

  • පුරුෂයා; පිරිමියා; මනුෂ්‍යයා; (විශේෂණ)පුරුෂ ලිංගික

  • man; male human being; person; (as adjective) male, masculine

  • AN 7.51

    sā tattha rajjati tatr'ābhiramati. sā tattha rattā tatr'ābhiratā bahiddhā puris'indriyaṃ manasi karoti, purisakuttaṃ puris'ākappaṃ purisavidhaṃ purisacchandaṃ purisassaraṃ puris'ālaṅ'kāraṃ. sā tattha rajjati tatr'ābhiramati.

  • DN 27

    yathā yathā kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā akaṭṭhapākaṃ sāliṃ paribhuñjantā taṃbhakkhā tadāhārā ciraṃ dīgham'addhānaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu, tathā tathā tesaṃ sattānaṃ bhiyyosomattāya kharattañ'c'eva kāyasmiṃ okkami, vaṇṇavevaṇṇatā ca paññāyittha, itthiyā ca itthiliṅgaṃ pāturahosi purisassa ca purisaliṅgaṃ.

  • සේවකයා; පිරිවරන; යටත්වැසියා

  • servant; attendant; subordinate

  • (ව්‍යාකරණ)පුරුෂ(ප්‍රථම, මධ්‍යම, උත්තම පුරුෂ)

  • (grammar) grammatical person (first, second, or third person)

doctrine

  • (දර්ශනය)ආත්මය; ජීවයා; පරමාත්මයා(සාංඛ්‍ය දර්ශනයේ)

  • (philosophy) soul; spirit; the World Soul (in the Sāṃkhya system)

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