substantif (masculin) : personne, individu (=/= un couple, un groupe), homme ; au pluriel : peuple
puggala [cp.Class.Sk.pudgala,etym.connected with puṁs,although the fantastic expln of native Commentators refers it to puṁ “a hell” and gal; so at Vism.310:“pun ti vuccati nirayo,tasmiṁ galantī ti puggalā”] 1.an individual,as opposed to a group (saṅgha or parisā),person,man; in later philosophical (Abhidhamma) literature=character,soul (=attan).‹-› D.I,176; M.III,58; S.I,93 sq.; III,25; A.I,8,197; II,126 sq.; Sn.544,685; Dh.344; Ps.I,180 sq.; II,1 sq.,52; Pv.II,325 (cp.PvA.88); II,97; PvA.40,132.– pl.puggalā people VvA.86 (=sattā),149.– para-puggala another man D.I,213; S.II,121; V,265; Vism.409.–purisa-puggala individual man,being,person S.II,206; IV,307; A.I,173=M.II,217.Characterised as an individual in var.ways,e.g.as agga° Sdhp.92,558; abhabba° J.I,106; ariya° Vin.V,117; asura-parivāra° A.II,91; kodhagaru° A.II,46; gūtha°,puppha° madhubhāṇī° A.I,128; dakkhiṇeyya° VvA.5; diṭṭhisampanna° A.I,26 sq.; III,439 sq.; IV,136; nibbiriya kusīta° J.IV,131; pāsāṇalekh’ûpama° etc.A.I,283; valāhak’ûpama A.II,102 sq.; saddha,asaddha Ps.I,121; II,33; sivāthik’upama A.III,268; suppameyya etc.A.I,266 sq.[a]sevitabba A.IV,365; V,102,247,281; hīna majjhima paṇīta S.II,154.– Groups of characters:(2) A.I,76,87; (3) gilān’ûpama etc.A.I,121 sq.; avuṭṭhika-sama padesa-vassin,sabbatth’âbhivassin It.64 sq.; satthar,sāvaka,sekha It.78; sekha asekha n’eva-sekha-nāsekha D.III,218; (4) D.III,232,233; S.I,93; J.IV,131; (5) Nett 191; (6) rāga-carita,dosa°,moha°,saddhā°,buddha°,vitakka° Vism.102; (7) ubhato-bhāga-vimutta,paññāvimutta etc.D.III,105; (8) A.III,212; S.V,343 (19) Nett 190; (26) Nett 189,190.– See also paṭipuggala.‹-› 2.(in general) being,creature Miln.310 (including Petas & animals). –ñū knowing individuals D.III,252,283. –paññatti descriptions of persons,classification of individuals D.III,105 (cp.Dial.III,101); also N.of one of the canonical books of the Abhidhamma-piṭaka.–vemattatā difference between individuals S.II,21; V,200; Sn.p.102 (=°nānatta SnA 436).
pudgala a. m. n. f. pudgalā beau, joli, gracieux — m. le corps | phil. l'individu et son ego | bd. la personne esclave de ses désirs | jn. objet matériel || pali puggala.