Nara [Ved. nara, cp. nṛtu; Idg. *ner to be strong or valiant =Gr. a)nh/r, a)g -- h/nwr (valiant), drw/y (*nrw/y); Lat. neriosus (muscuḷar), Nero (Sabinian, cp. Oscan ner= Lat. vir); Oir. nert] man (in poetry esp. a brave, strong, heroic man), pl. either "men" or "people" (the latter e. g. at Sn 776, 1082; Pv i.1112). -- Ai.130; ii.5; iii.53; Sn 39, 96, 116, 329, 591, 676, 865 etc.; Dh 47, 48, 262, 309, 341; J iii.295; Nd1 12=Nd2 335 (definition); VvA 42 (popular etymology: narati netī ti naro puriso, i. e. a "leading" man); PvA 116=Dh 125.

-- âdhama vilest of men Sn 246; -- âsabha "man bull," i. e. lord of men Sn 684, 996; -- inda "man lord," i. e. king Sn 836; J i.151; -- uttama best of men (Ep. of the Buddha) S i.23; D iii.147; Sn 1021; -- deva god -- man or man -- god (pl.) gods, also Ep. of the B. "king of men" S i.5; Pv iv.350; -- nārī (pl.) men & women, appl. to male & female angelic servants (of the Yakkhas) Vv 324, 337, 538; Pv ii.112; -- vīra a hero (?), a skilled man (?) Th 1, 736 (naravīrakata "by human skill & wit" Mrs. Rh. D.). -- sīha lion of men J i.89.