human being, man. The popular etym. connects m. with Manu(s), the ancestor of men, e.g. Kp-a.123: “Manuno apaccā ti manussā, porāṇā pana bhaṇanti ʻmana-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. Cp also Vv-a.23, where manussa-nerayika, ˚peta, ˚tiracchāna are distinguished
■ Snp.75, Snp.307, Snp.333 sq., Snp.611 sq. Dhp.85, Dhp.188, Dhp.197 sq., Dhp.321; Mnd.97 (as gati), Mnd.340, Mnd.484 (˚phassa of Snp.964); Vism.312; Vb-a.455 (var. clans) Dhp-a.i.364
■ amanussa not human, a deva, a ghost a spirit; in compounds “haunted,” like -kantāra Ja.i.395 -ṭṭhāna Vv.84#3 (cp. Vv-a.334 where explained); -sadda Dhp-a.i.315. See also separately amanussa.

• -attabhāva human existence Pv-a.71, Pv-a.87, Pv-a.122.
• -itthi a human woman Pv-a.48, Pv-a.154.
• -inda lord of men SN.i.69; Mhvs.19, Mhvs.33.
• -khādaka man eater, cannibal (usually applied to Yakkhas) Vb-a.451.
• -deva (a) “god of men,” i.e. king Pv.ii.8#11; (b) men & 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; Pv.ii.1#12.
• -loka the world of men Snp.683.

fr. manus, cp. Vedic manuṣya. Connected etym. with Goth. manna = man