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manussa

manussa

substantif (masculin) : être humain, homme

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede

manussa [fr.manus,cp.Vedic manuṣya.Connected etym.with Goth.manna=man] a human being,man.The popular etym.connects m.with Manu(s),the ancestor of men,e.g.KhA 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” VvA.18:“manassa ussannatāya manussā” etc.Cp.also VvA.23,where manussa-nerayika,°peta,°tiracchāna are distinguished.– Sn.75,307,333 sq.,611 sq.; Dh.85,188,197 sq.,321; Nd1 97 (as gati),340,484 (°phassa of Sn.964); Vism.312; VbhA.455 (var.clans); DhA.I,364.–amanussa not human,a deva,a ghost,a spirit; in cpds.“haunted,” ilke °kantāra J.I,395,°ṭṭhāna Vv 843 (cp.VvA.334 where expld); °sadda DhA.I,315.See also separately amanussa.
–attabhāva human existence PvA.71,87,122.–itthi a human woman PvA.48,154.–inda lord of men S.I,69; Mhvs 19,33.–khādaka man eater,cannibal (usually appld to Yakkhas) VbhA.451.–deva (a) “god of men,” i.e.king Pv.II,811; (b) men & gods (?) VvA.321 (Hardy,in note takes it as “gods of men,” i.e.brāhmaṇā).–dhamma condition of man,human state VvA.24.See also uttari-manussa dhamma.–bhūta as a human,in human form Pv.I,112; II,112.–loka the world of men Sn.683

Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)

manu [man-u] | var. manus id. m. homme [«créature pensante»] | myth. np. de Manu-Svāyaṃbhuva «l'Homme Primordial», premier homme de l'ère, issu des deux moitiés Virāṭ et Śatarūpā de Brahmā; on lui attribue les Lois de Manu [mānavadharmaśāstra] | math. symb. le nombre 14 || ang. man ; all. Mann.