porisa

Porisa1

adjective noun

  1. (adj.) human, fit for a man Snp.256 (porisa dhura), cp. porisiya & poroseyya.
  2. (m.) = purisa esp. in sense of purisa 2, i.e. servant, used collectively (abstract formn like Ger. dienerschaft, E. service servants) “servants” esp. in phrase dāsa-kammakaraporisa Vin.i.240; AN.i.145, AN.i.206; AN.ii.78; AN.iii.45, AN.iii.76, AN.iii.260; Dhp-a.iv.1; dāsa˚ a servant Snp.769 (three kinds mentioned at Mnd.11, viz. bhaṭakā kammakarā upajīvino); rāja king’s service, servant of the king DN.i.135; AN.iv.286 AN.iv.322; sata˚ a hundred servants Vism.121. For purisa in uttama˚ (= mahāpurisa) Dhp.97 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.188). Cp posa.

abstr. fr. purisa, for *pauruṣa or *puruṣya)

Porisa2

neuter

  1. business, doing of a man (or servant cp. purisa 2), service, occupation; human doing, activity MN.i.85 (rāja˚); Vv.63#11 (= purisa-kicca Vv-a.263); Pv.iv.3#24 (uṭṭhāna˚ = purisa-viriya, purisa-kāra Pv-a.252)
  2. height of a man MN.i.74, MN.i.187, MN.i.365.

abstr. fr. purisa, *pauruṣyaṃ, cp. porisiya and poroseyya