Porisa1 (adj. -- n.) [abstr. fr. purisa, for *pauruṣa or *puru- ṣya)] 1. (adj.) human, fit for a man Sn 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; A i.145, 206; ii.78; iii.45, 76, 260; DhA iv.1; dāsa˚ a servant Sn 769 (three kinds mentioned at Nd1 11, viz. bhaṭakā kammakarā upajīvino); rāja˚ king's service, servant of the king D i.135; A iv.286, 322; sata˚ a hundred servants Vism 121. For purisa in uttama˚ (=mahāpurisa) Dh 97 (cp. DhA ii.188). Cp. posa.