Purisa [according to Geiger, Gr. § 303 the base is *pūrṣa, from which the Vedic form puruṣa, and the Prk. -- P. form purisa. The further contraction *pussa *possa yielded posa (q. v.). From the Prk. form puliśa (Māgadhī) we get pulla] man (as representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e. g. at Aiii.209; iv.197; J i.90; v.72; PvA 51). Definitions of the C. are "puriso nāma manussa -- puriso na yakkho na peto etc." (i. e. man kat) e)coxh/n) Vin iv.269 (the same expln for purisa -- puggala at Vin iv.214); "seṭṭh' aṭṭhena puri setī ti puriso ti satto vuccati" VvA 42 -- 1. man D i.61 (p. kassaka "free man"); ii.13; S i.225; A i.28, 126; ii.115; iii.156; Sn 102, 112, 316, 740, 806 and passim; Dh 117, 152, 248; Nd1 124; PvA 3, 4, 165, 187; VvA 13 (majjhima˚, paṭhama˚, as t.t. g.?). uttama˚ S ii.278; iii.61, 166; iv.380; It 97; mahā˚ S v.158; A ii.35; iii.223; iv.229 (see also under mahā); sappurisa (q. v.). Var. epithets of the Buddha e. g. at S. i.28 sq. -- Kāpurisa a contemptible man; kimpurisa a wild man of the woods ("whatever man"), f. kimpurisī J v.215. -- purisa as "a man, some one, somebody" as character or hero in var. similes, e. g. angārakāsuyaŋ khipanaka˚ Vism 489; asucimhi patita Vism 465; āgantuka˚ VbhA 23; dubbala Vism 533; papāte patanto VbhA 23 (cannot be a help to others; similarly with patita at VbhA 170=Vism 559); bhikkhusanghaŋ disvā Vism 333; maṇḍapa -- lagga Vism 339 sq.; lakuṇṭaka -- pāda & dīghapāda VbhA 26; cp. the foll.: of a man pleasing the king VbhA 442 sq.; a man wishing to perform a long journey in one day Vism 244; a man breathing when exhausted Vism 274. Frequently elsewhere. -- 2. an attendant, servant, waiter Vin ii.297; D i.60 (dāsa+), 72 (id.); J i.385 (dāsa˚); vi.462. Cp. porisa, posa.   -- atthika one who seeks a servant Vin ii.297. -- anta=purisādhama Sn 664 (anta=Sk. antya; Sn A 479 explns by antimapurisa). -- antaragatā touched by a man (lit. gone in by . . .), a woman who has sexual intercourse, a woman in intercourse with a man D i.166 (cp. Dial. i.228); M i.77; A i.295; ii.206; Viniv.322; Pug 55 (=he does not accept food, lest their intercourse should be broken: rati antarāyo hoti PugA 231); DA i.79 (=itthi, as opp. to kumārikā). Cp. pumaŋ gata, J v.154. -- allu (& ālu) N. of certain monstrous beings, living in the wilderness J v.416 (=vaḷavā -- mukhayakkhinī, a y. with the face of a mare), 418; vi.537 (˚ālu=vaḷavā -- m. -- pekkhī C.). -- ājañña "a noble steed of a man," a thorough -- bred or remarkable man S iii.91; A v.325 sq., Sn 544; Dh 193; as -- ājāneyya at DhA i.310; -- ājāniya at A i.290; ii.115; iv.397 sq.; v.324. -- āda a bad man ("man -- eater") a wild man, cannibal J v.25 (cp. puruṣāda Jtm 3141); ˚ādaka J v.30. -- ādhama a wicked man Dh 78; J v.268. -- indriya male faculty, masculinity S v.204; A iv.57; Dhs 634, 715, 839, 972; Vism 447, 492. -- uttama "the highest of men," an excellent man A v.16, 325 sq.; Sn 544; Dh 78; DhA ii.188. -- usabha (purisusabha) "a bull of a man," a very strong man Vin iii.39. -- kathā talk about men D i.8. -- kāra manliness D i.53 (cp. DA i.161); Miln 96. -- thāma manly strength D i.53; S ii.28; A ii.118; iv.190. -- dammasārathi guide of men who have to be restrained, Ep. of the Buddha [cp. BSk. puruṣa -- damyasārathi Divy 54 and passim] S ii.69; A i.168, 207;ii.56, 112, 147; Sn p. 103 (=vicitrehi vinayan' ûpāyehi purisadamme sāretī ti SnA 443); It 79; Pug 57; Vism 207; ThA 178. -- dosā (pl.) faults or defects in a man; eight are discussed in detail at A iv.190 sq.; Ps i.130; eighteen at J vi.542, 548. -- dhorayha a human beastof burden S i.29. -- parakkama manly energy D i.53; S ii.28. -- puggala a man, a human character D iii.5, 227 (eight); S i.220 (8); ii.69, 82, 206; iv.272 sq.= It 88 (8) (expld at Vism 219); A i.32, 130, 173, 189; ii.34, 56; iii.36, 349; iv.407 (8); v.139, 183 (8), 330 (8); Vin iv.212 sq. (=male); VbhA 497; -- bhava state of being a man, manhood, virility J iii.124; Dhs 634, 415, 839; PvA 63. -- bhūmi man's stage, as "eight stages of a prophet's existence" (Dial.i.72) at D i.54, in detail at DA i.162, 163. -- medha man -- sacrifice, human sacrifice S i.76; A ii.42; iv.151; It 21; Sn 303. -- yugāni (pl.) (4) pairs of men Siv.272 sq.; A i.208; ii.34, 56; iii.36; iv.407; v.330; D iii.5, 227; It 88; in verse Vv 4421; expld Vism 219 (see under yuga). -- lakkhaṇa (lucky) marks on a man D i.9. -- linga (see also pullinga) a man's characteristic, membrum virile Vin iii.35; Dhs 634, 715, 839; Tikp 50; Vism 184. -- viriya manly vigour Sii.28. -- vyañjana the membrum virile (=˚linga) Vin ii.269.