adjective noun

1. (adj.) human Snp.301 (bhoga); Iti.94 (kāmā dibbā ca mānusā); Pv.ii.9#21 (m. deha); Pv.ii.9#56 (id.)- amānusa divine Vv.35#6; Pv.ii.12#20; ghostly (= superhuman) Pv.iv.3#6; f. amānusī Pv.iii.7.⁹
2. (n. m.) a human being, a man Mhvs.15, Mhvs.64; f. mānusī a (human woman Ja.iv.231; Pv.ii.4#1
   ■ amānusa a superhuman being Pv.iv.1#57
   ■ pl. mānusā men Snp.361, Snp.644; Pv.ii.11#7. As nt. in collective sense = mankind Pv.ii.11#3 (variant reading mānussaṃ; C. = manussaloka). Manusaka = manusa

cp. Vedic mānuṣa; fr. same base (manus) as manussa