…clans) Dhp-a.i.364
■ amanussa not human, a deva, a ghost a spirit; in compounds “haunted,” like -kantāra Ja.i.395…

A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …

wonderful exceptional man

atikkanta-mānussaka

mf(-ikā)n. superhuman

calling dhamma to mind.

(& mfn.?) an extraordinary or superhuman quality or attainment; (beyond the human norm; extraordinary)

full of people; crowded with people

Anussati: ‘recollection’, reflection, meditation, contemplation. The six recollections often described in the Suttas e.g. A. VI, 10, 25; D. 33 are:

1: Recollection of the Buddha, *buddhānussati …

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

…haunted); Pv-a.216
■ Cp. amānusa.

a + manussa

adjective belonging to or caused by a spirit Vin.i.202, Vin.i.203 (˚âbādha being possessed by a demon).

fr. amanussa

…of demons, but also of gods; a + mānusa, cp. amanussa

…cora˚ aggi˚, udaka˚, manussa˚, amanussa˚, vāḷa˚, siriṃsapa˚ jīvita˚, brahmacariya˚*. In B.Sk. 7 at Divy.544, viz…

remembrance, recollection, thinking of, mindfulness. A late list of subjects to be kept in mind comprises six anussati-ṭṭhānāni, viz. Buddha˚, Dhamma˚, Saṅgha˚ sīla˚, cāga˚, devatā˚; i.e. prope …

adjective not clean, impure, unclean Snp.75 (˚manussā, see Cnd.112); Pp.27, Pp.36; Sdhp.378, Sdhp.603.

a + suci

Aṅgaṇa¹

neuter an open space, a clearing, Vin.ii.218; Ja.i.109 (= manussānan sañcaraṇa-ṭṭhāne anāvaṭe bhūmibhāge C.); Ja.ii.243, Ja.ii.290 Ja.ii.357; Dāvs i.27
■ cetiy˚; an open space …

…akkhaṇehi vajjitaṃ manussabhāvaṃ: the 8 unlucky signs). In progression: Ja.iv.3 (aṭṭha petiyo, following after 4, then foll. by 8,…

…adhipātā, siriṃsapā, manussaphassā catuppādā); Vb.379 (5, viz. ājīvika˚, asiloka˚ parisa-sārajja˚, maraṇa˚, duggati˚,…

…dialect Ja.iv.279 (manussa˚ human speech), Ja.iv.392 (caṇḍāla˚); Kp-a.101 (saka-saka˚-anurūpa); Snp-a.397 (Milakkha˚);…

grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …

Buddha¹

adjective

1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

…cariyā˚.

• -piṭaka the last book in the Khuddaka-nikāya
• -manussa a spy, an outpost…

state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …

…bhamassu cittaṃ Dhp.371; manussakehi kāmehi cittaṃ vuṭṭhapetvā SN.v.409; na uḷāresu kāmaguṇesu bhogāya cittaṃ namati…

…(see deva-manussaloka), sa-brahmakā (SN.iii.90). See below 1 b. Lists of popular gods are to be found, e.g. at DN.ii.253;…

…Snp.377, Snp.443, Snp.760 etc. Mil.234. See also devamanussa-loka.

deva + ka

…DN.iii.260; Cnd.55. uttari-manussa-dh˚ā transcendental, supernormal phenomena DN.i.211, cp. DN.iii.4; abbhuta-dh˚ā wonderful signs,…

…Snp.p. 87 Iti.19 (ito cutā manussattā saggaṁ gacchanti dāyakā) Ja.v.129 (kaṇḍa˚) Pv.i.1#1f.; Pv.i.1#2; Pv.i.4#2; Pv.i.5#5 DN-a.i.298…

…Snp.p. 87 Iti.19 (ito cutā manussattā saggaṁ gacchanti dāyakā) Ja.v.129 (kaṇḍa˚) Pv.i.1#1f.; Pv.i.1#2; Pv.i.4#2; Pv.i.5#5 DN-a.i.298…

…(in expl. of Satthā; rāgagahanaṃ tāreti); Dhp-a.iv.156 (on Dhp.394) Vv-a.96
■ manussa˚ MN.i.340.

• -ṭṭhāna a lair in…

…Tiracchāna˚, Peta˚, Manussa˚, Deva˚. Of these Nos. 1–3 are considered duggatis, whilst Nos. 4 and 5 are sugati. In later sources we…

…Vin.i.168 (id.); Vin.ii.194 (manussa˚); Vin.iv.260 (tala˚) Ja.iv.366 (gāma˚ corā robbers infesting the village); Ja.v.397 (thī˚ = itthi˚);…

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

…the world of men Snp.1043 (= manussaloka Cnd.552#c); Pv-a.64; in this religion Vb.245. On diff. meanings of idha see Dhs-a.348.

Sk. iha, adv. of…

…this world); Pv.i.6#2 (i.e. manussalokato Pv-a.33); Pv.i.12#3 (= idhalokato Pv-a.64); Ne.93 (ito bahiddhā); Pv-a.46 (ito dukkhato mutti) 2….

creature, living being:

1. sg. an individual, a creature person, man Snp.121, Snp.676, Snp.807, Snp.1023 (sabba everybody) Usually collectively: people, they, one (= Fr. on), with pl. of verb Dhp.249 …

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

…vāla˚, nirudaka˚, amanussa˚, appabbhakkha Ja.i.99; SN-a.324; 4 kinds at Cnd.630: cora˚, vāla˚, dubhikkha˚ nirudaka˚. The term is…

…miserable Pv-a.274;

• -manussa a wretched fellow, a beggar Vism.343;
• -laddhaka obtained in pain,…

(-˚) adjective

1. belonging to a kappa, in paṭhama˚
   ■ kāla the time of thé first Age DN-a.i.247 Vb.412 (of manussā); Vv-a.19 (of Manu); without the kāla (id.) at Ja.i.222; as noun the men o …

adjective

1. (cp. kappa ii.1^a) according to rule, right, suitable, fitting, proper, appropriate (Pv-a.26 = anucchavika paṭirūpa) Ja.i.392; DN-a.i.9; Pv-a.25 Pv-a.141
   ■ a˚; not r …

…troublesome Dhp.182 (kiccho manussapaṭilābho, Dhp-a.235 = dullabho).

2. (nt.) distress, misery, pain, suffering: kicchaṃ āpanno loko…

…AN.iv.377 (ahi˚, kukkura˚, manussa pūti˚); AN.iv.198 sq.; Snp.205; Ja.i.61, Ja.i.146; Pv-a.15 Kaṇṭhe āsatto kuṇapo a corpse hanging…

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

…head-word, also peta˚ & manussa˚. The division at Mnd.550 is as follows: niraya˚, tiracchāna˚, pittivisaya˚, manussa˚, deva˚ (=…

…Ja.ii.319 (˚manussa), Ja.iii.7; Pp.65; Mnd.366; Dāvs iv.44; Mil.300
■ alola not greedy, not distracted (by…

…Ja.ii.319 (˚manussa), Ja.iii.7; Pp.65; Mnd.366; Dāvs iv.44; Mil.300
■ alola not greedy, not distracted (by…

…Cnd.496 (explains as “manussa” & “satta”).

• -ādhipa lord of men Mhvs.19, Mhvs.32.
• -inda king of men great…

human existence, state of men Iti.19; Vv.34#16; Snp-a.48, Snp-a.51; Sdhp.17 sq.

abstr. fr, manussa

adjective see under *a*˚.

fr. manussa

making dull or stupid, infatuation, enticement, allurement Snp.399, Snp.772 (= mohanā vuccanti pañca kāmaguṇā Mnd.26). The Sk. meaning is also “sexual intercourse” (cp. Halāyudha p. 315), which may ap …

adjective bald, shaven; a shaven, (bald-headed) ascetic, either a samaṇa, or a bhikkhu or (f.) bhikkhunī SN.i.175 (m. sanghāṭi-pāruta); Vin.iv.265 (f.); Snp.p.80 (= muṇḍita-sīsa Snp-a.402)
■ *ka …

…As nt. in collective sense = mankind Pv.ii.11#3 (variant reading mānussaṃ; C. = manussaloka). Manusaka = manusa

cp. Vedic mānuṣa; fr….

…who kills or destroys, as manussa˚; man-killer Ja.ii.182; hatthi˚; elephant-killer Dhp-a.i.80
■ m. in phrase…

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

void of men, absence of men Ja.iii.148.

nis + manussa + ya

(nt. m.) diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. MN.i.364: “the multiformity of sensuous impressions,” M.A.). Enumⁿ of diversity as nānat …

submersion ducking, bathing; fig. for bathing-place Snp.214 (= manussānaṃ nahāna-tittha Snp-a.265). See also avagāhana.

o + gahana fr. gāhati; Sk. avagāhana; concerning sho …

…-matta permission Snp.p. 94.

• -loka the visible world (manussa-loka) Vism.205 Vv-a.29

ava + kāś to shine

to make someone desist from Ja.v.474 (manussa-maṃsā).

Caus. ii. of oramati

…anicca-passage), Cnd.410 (= manussalokaṃ ṭhapetvā sabbo paraloko); Pts.i.121; Vv.84#5 (= narakaṃ hi sattānaṃ ekantânatthatāya…

…Vin.iv.278; Dhp-a.i.13 (amanussa˚ by ghosts); Pv-a.87 Pv-a.133; Sdhp.64
■ f. abstr, -tā being possessed (Vism.121 (amanussa˚).

pp….

…ñeyya˚ dveḷhā˚, manussa˚, yañña˚, vāda˚, sagga˚, hattha˚ der. pātheyya
■ See also byappatha
…

…(sīsacchedaṃ), Pv-a.71 (manussabhāvaṃ). Very frequent as-˚ and in meaning equal to finite verb or other phrase, when spelling -ppatta…

Pattha¹

a lonely place, in cpd. vana˚; DN.i.71; Pp.59 etc., a wilderness in the forest, explained by Bdhgh as “gāmantaṃ atikkamitvā manussānaṃ anupacāra-ṭṭhānaṃ yattha na kasanti na vap …

Pattika¹

on foot, a pedestrian or soldier on foot, DN.i.50, DN.i.89, DN.i.106, DN.i.108; DN.ii.73; AN.ii.117 (hatth’-āruha, assāruha, rathika, p.); Ja.vi.145; Vism.396 (manussā pattikā ga …

…another form of existence (manussa, deva, tiracchāna). The punishment in the Nirayas is included in the peta existence. Modes of suffering are…

…the C. are “puriso nāma manussa-puriso na yakkho na peto etc.” (i.e. man κα ̓τ ἐςοξήν) Vin.iv.269 (the same explⁿ for…

…in seclusion or secrecy, in manussa˚; “fit to lie undisturbed by men” Vin.i.39 (+ paṭisallāna-sāruppa) MN.ii.118.

rahas + seyya + ka…

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

to recollect, call to mind SN.iv.196; Vin.ii.183.

saṃ + anussarati

…Mil.96; Dhp-a.iii.183 (manussa˚, devaloka˚ nibbāna˚); Ne.126 (sīla˚, samādhi˚, paññā˚; cp sampadā); four Vb-a.439 sq. (gati˚,…

…= AN.iii.208 (C.: manussa-vikkaya).

cp, Vedic sattva living being, satvan “strong man, warrior,” fr….

…as including “manussagati,” whereas sagga is “devagati”); Vb-a.158; Dhp-a.i.153
■ suggati (in verses), Dhp.18;…

…Iti.67; another three (manussa˚, dibba˚, nibbāna˚) Dhp-a.iii.51; four (possessing, making good use of possessions, having no debts,…

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

diminution, reduction, vanishing, gradual disappearance AN.i.160 (manussānaṃ khayo hoti tanuttaṃ paññāyati); AN.ii.144 (rāga˚, dosa˚ moha˚); esp. in phrase (characterizing a sakadāgāmin “rāga-dosa-m …

…= Iti.90; AN.ii.30; tibbo manussaloko (dark dense) Mil.7; ˚andhakāra dense darkness Vism.500 sq. ˚kilesu deep blemish (of character)…

…among beasts); Vv-a.23 (manussatiracchāna an animal-man, wild man, “werwolf”).

• -kathā “animal talk”; wrong…

to stand, etc.

I. Forms

pres ind. tiṭṭhati (Snp.333, Snp.434; Pv.i.5#1);
imper second tiṭṭha, 3rd tiṭṭhatu ppr. tiṭṭhaṃ, tiṭṭhanto, tiṭṭhamāna;
pot tiṭṭhe (Snp.918, Snp.968) & tiṭṭheyy …

…(commodities), Pv-a.133 (˚manussa, adj. suitable, fit) Sdhp.69. In general any instrument or means of achieving a purpose, viz. apparatus of a…

spy Ja.vi.409 (˚manussa), Ja.vi.431 (id.), Ja.vi.450 (id.).

= prec.

…Pv-a.11 (heṭṭhā manussa-saṇṭhānaṃ upari sūkara-s˚), Pv-a.47 (upari chattaṃ dhāriyamāna), Pv-a.145 (sabbattha upari…

…Pv-a.268 (manussalokaṃ). The same use of upādāya is found in BSk., e.g. at Divy.25, Divy.359, Divy.413; Avs.i.255.

2. (ic…

…of manussa (lobh’ādīhi alobh’ādīhi sahitassa manassa ussannatāya manussā), viz. sattā manussa-jātikā tesu…

…dainties Ja.i.196.

• -manussa beyond the power of men, superhuman, in cpd. ˚dhamma an order which is above man,…

…dainties Ja.i.196.

• -manussa beyond the power of men, superhuman, in cpd. ˚dhamma an order which is above man,…

…dainties Ja.i.196.

• -manussa beyond the power of men, superhuman, in cpd. ˚dhamma an order which is above man,…

…dainties Ja.i.196.

• -manussa beyond the power of men, superhuman, in cpd. ˚dhamma an order which is above man,…

…atirocati); Vin.i.97 (manussa˚); Vin.ii.286 (id.); Vin.iv.215 (tiracchānagata-manussa˚), Vin.iv.269 (id.); Ja.v.398 = Ja.v.405 (= sarīra…

…a beast of prey AN.iii.102 (amanussa); Ja.i.295; Ja.iii.345 (˚macchā predaceous fishes); Mil.23 (˚vana forest of wild beasts).

*…

…order they rank between manussa and gandhabba at AN.ii.38; they are mentioned with devas rakkhasas,…

…DN.ii.147 (˚yakkha for ˚manussa; full of yakkhas i.e. under their protection); AN.iii.215; cp. Mil.2 (˚jana-manussa). 2. (uncertain whether…

Ālaka-manda

at Vin.ii.152 is of uncertain reading and meaning (“open to view”? or “not having pegs” āḷaka?) vv.ll. āḷakamanta & ālakamandāra; Bdhgh on p. 321 explains āḷakamandā ti ekangaṇā manussâb …

by means of hammering, slashing or beating (like beating a hide) Snp.673 (gloss ārajayārajayā fr. ā + *rañj or *raj)
■ Snp-a.481 explains the passage as follows: ārajayārajayā; i.e. yathā ma …

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
2. by itself without parti …