Posa1 [contraction of purisa fr. *pūrṣa>*pussa>*possa> posa. So Geiger, P.Gr. 303]=purisa, man (poetical form, only found in verse) Vin i.230; S i.13, 205= J iii.309; A iv.266; Sn 110, 662; Dh 104, 125 (cp. DhA iii.34); J v.306; vi.246, 361. -- poso at J iii.331 is gen. sg. of puŋs=Sk. puŋsaḥ.