The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Man!ti
Man!ti [cp. Sk. m%*!ti, m%2] to crush, destroy; only in Commentator's fanciful etymological analysis of
verama*" at DhsA 218 (vera' man!ti (sic.) vin!set" ti v.) and KhA 24 (vera' ma*!t" ti v., vera' pajahati
vinodeti etc.).
Man!pa
Man!pa (adj.) [cp. BSk. man!pa] pleasing, pleasant, charming Sn 22, 759; Dh 339 (˚ssavana); VvA 71;
PvA 3, 9. Often in combn piya man!pa, e. g. D ii.19; iii.167; J ii.155; iv.132. -- Opp. a˚, e. g. Pug 32.
Man!pika
Man!pika=man!pa, Vbh 380; Miln 362.
Manuja
Manuja [manu+ja, i. e. sprung from Manu, cp. etym. of manussa s. v.] human being; man A iv.159; Sn 458,
661, 1043 sq.; Dh 306, 334. Nd2 496 (explns as "manussa" & "satta"). -- âdhipa lord of men Mhvs 19, 32. -
- inda king of men, great king Sn 553; J vi.98.
Manuñña
Manuñña (adj.) [cp. Class. Sk. manojña] pleasing, delight- ful, beautiful Vv 8417 (=manorama VvA 340); J
i.207; ii.331; Pv ii.122; iv.121; Miln 175, 398; VvA 11, 36; PvA 251; adv. ˚' pleasantly, delightfully J
iv.252. Opp. a˚ unpleasant J vi.207.
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Manute
Manute [Med. form of maññati] to think, discern, understand DhsA 123.
Manussa
Manussa [fr. manus, cp. Vedic manu+ya. Connected etym. with Goth. manna=man] a human being, man.
The popular etym. connects m. with Manu(s), the ancestor of men, e. g. KhA 123: "Manuno apacc! ti
manuss!, por!*! pana bha*anti 2 mana -- ussannat!ya manussa 3; te Jambud"pak!, Aparagoy!nik!,
Uttarakuruk!, Pubbavidehak! ti catubbidh!." Similarly with the other view of connecting it with "mind"
VvA 18: "manassa ussannat!ya manuss!" etc. Cp. also VvA 23, where manussa -- nerayika, ˚peta,
˚tiracch!na are distinguished. -- Sn 75, 307, 333 sq., 611 sq.; Dh 85, 188, 197 sq., 321; Nd1 97 (as gati),
340, 484 (˚phassa of Sn 964); Vism 312; VbhA 455 (var. clans); DhA i.364. -- amanussa not human, a
deva, a ghost, a spirit; in cpds. "haunted," ilke ˚kant!ra J i.395, ˚&&h!na Vv 843 (cp. VvA 334 where expld);
˚sadda DhA i.315. See also separately amanussa. -- attabh!va human existence PvA 71, 87, 122. -- itthi a
human woman PvA 48, 154. -- inda lord of men S i.69; Mhvs 19, 33. -- kh!daka man eater, cannibal
(usually appld to Yakkhas) VbhA 451. -- deva (a) "god of men," i. e. king Pv ii.811; (b) men & gods (?)
VvA 321 (Hardy, in note takes it as "gods of men," i. e. br!hma*!). -- dhamma condition of man, human
state VvA 24. See also uttari -- manussa dhamma. -- bh(ta as a human, in human form Pv i.112; ii.112. --
loka the world of men Sn 683.
Manussatta