mānuṣa

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[apte] a. (ṣī f.) [manorayaṃ aṇ su- k ca] Human; mānuṣī tanuḥ, mānuṣī vāk &c.; R. 1. 60, 16. 22; Bg. 4. 12; 9. 11; Ms. 4. 124. --2 Hu- mane, kind. --ṣaḥ 1 A man, hu- man being. --3 An epithet of the three signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Virgo, and Libra. --ṣī 1 A woman. --2 A branch of medicine, adminis- tering drugs and herbs. --ṣaṃ 1 Humanity. --2 Human effort or action.

[mw] mf (I) n. or mānuṣ/a (fr. manus) belonging to mankind, human RV. &c 810,2 162985 mf (I) n. favourable or propitious to men, humane RV.; AV. 810,2 162985.1 m. (ifc. f (A).) a man, human being (pl. the races of men, 5 in number) RV. &c 810,2 162985.2 m. N. of the signs of the zodiac Gemini, Virgo, and Libra VarBr2S. 810,2 162985.3

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a. (ṣī f.) [manorayaṃ aṇ su- k ca] Human; mānuṣī tanuḥ, mānuṣī vāk &c.; R. 1. 60, 16. 22; Bg. 4. 12; 9. 11; Ms. 4. 124. --2 Hu- mane, kind. --ṣaḥ 1 A man, hu- man being. --3 An...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

892

Texts Appeared In

93

DCS: name of a class of ṣis | Monier-Williams: N. of a place, Cat.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 352 39.5%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 86 9.6%
3. Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 40 4.5%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 33 3.7%
5. Matsyapurāṇa 29 3.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: mānuṣo

  durlabho mānuṣo deho dehināṃ kṣaṇabhaṅguraḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: mānuṣaṃ

  yaḥ prāpya mānuṣaṃ lokaṃ muktidvāram apāvṛtam

• Skandapurāṇa surface: mānuṣa

  asṛjanta prajāḥ sarvā devamānuṣasaṃkulāḥ