pudgala , m. , often written puṃgala (so regularly in LV , ŚsP , e.g. 4.1 , and mss. of Mv , also Mmk 108.23 ; 112.19 etc. ; RP 19.2 ; this writing also occurs in Skt. , see BR , and Tedesco, JAOS 67.172 ff. , who rightly observes that the word is essentially Buddh. and Jain, and offers an etym. which does not convince me; another reading found in Mv mss. is puṅgava, a Skt. word which may have influenced the form with nasal, puṃgala; = Pali puggala; see also aprati-pu°, niṣ-pu° ), = Skt. puruṣa, person, man, creature, soul (often in the latter sense = ātman, esp. in niṣ-pu° ): SP 120.7 ; LV 103.14 ; 420.10 ; 423.13 ; 439.2 ; Mv i.4.2 ( Senart always prints pudgala, contrary to most or all his mss. puṃg°); 47.2, 8 ; 80.13 ; 119.14 ; 142.4 ; 163.18 ; Bbh 46.22 ; Śikṣ 236.15 (puruṣo vā pudgalo vā); Ud xiii.14 ; Mvy 4674 ; 7028 ; ŚsP 4.1 etc. ; Mmk 108.23 ; 112.19 etc. ; catvāra ime … pudgalā bodhisattvena na sevitavyāḥ RP 18.17 (wicked persons, listed in sequel; here text repeatedly pudgala but in 19.2 puṃgala); puṃgalādhyāśaya ( Senart em. pudga°) Mv i.85.10 ; 88.12, 14 , acc. to Senart, Introd. xxviii note , (inclinations) tournées vers la grande personnalité ( i.e. the Buddha), which seems to me doubtful; rather = Skt. ātma-, with self-determined (-directed, -controlled?) dispositions ; catvāraḥ pudgalāḥ Mvy 2968—72 (as in Pali , Puggala-paññatti 51 f. same terms in Pali form), tamas (separate word) tamaḥparāyaṇaḥ, [Page347-b] tamo jyotiṣparā°, jyotis tamaḥpara°, jyotir jyotiṣparā°, i.e. one who is in a low state of existence and does evil (tending to still lower states), ditto but does good, who is in a good state but does evil, ditto and does good; eight pudgala Mv i.291.16 = Pali Khp. 6.6 , on which comm. 182.11 f. says, te hi cattāro ca paṭipannā ( viz. the four just listed above) cattāro ca phale ṭhitā ( i.e. as reaping the fruits of their good or evil courses) ti aṭṭha honti.
pudgala mf( A )n. beautiful, lovely, handsome, MārkP.
pudgala a. Beautiful, lovely, handsome. — laH 1 An atom ( paramARuH ); pudgalAH parama RavaH Śrīdhara . 2 The body, matter. 3 The soul. 4 An epithet of Śiva.