masculine
man
a human being
Manussa [from manus, cf. Vedic manuṣya. Connected etymology with Gothic manna = man] a human being, man. The popular etymology connects m. with Manu(s), the ancestor of men, e.g. Pj I 123: "manuno apaccā ti manussā, porāṇā pana bhaṇanti "mana-ussannatāya manussa"; te Jambudīpakā, Aparagoyānikā, Uttarakurukā, Pubbavidehakā ti catubbidhā." Similarly with the other view of connecting it with "mind" Vv-a 18: "manassa ussannatāya manussā" etc. Cf. also Vv-a 23, where manussa-nerayika, °peta, °tiracchāna are distinguished. — Snp 75, 307, 333 f., 611 f.; Dhp 85, 188, 197 f., 321; Nidd I 97 (as gati), 340, 484 (°phassa of Snp 964); Vism 312; Vibh-a 455 (various clans); Dhp-a I 364. — amanussa not human, a deva, a ghost, a spirit; in compounds "haunted," ilke °kantāra Ja I 395, °ṭṭhāna Vv 84 3 (cf. Vv-a 334 where explained); °sadda Dhp-a I 315. See also separately amanussa. -attabhāva human existence Pv-a 71, 87, 122; -itthi a human woman Pv-a 48, 154; -inda lord of men S I 69; Mhv 19, 33; -khādaka man eater, cannibal (usually applied to yakkhas) Vibh-a 451; -deva (a) "god of men," i.e. king Pv II 8 11 ;(b) men and gods (?) Vv-a 321 (Hardy, in note takes it as "gods of men," i.e. brāhmaṇā); -dhamma condition of man, human state Vv-a 24. See also uttari-manussa dhamma; -bhūta as a human, in human form Pv I 11 2 ; II 1 12 ; -loka the world of men Snp 683.
【陽】 人類。~tta,【中】 人世間。~bhāva,【陽】 人類的狀態。~bhūta,【形】 已成爲人者。~loka,【陽】 人類的世界。
(masc, masc, from manu) human being; man; person human being Construction: manu + ssa