Manushyaka, Mānuṣyaka: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mānuṣyaka can be transliterated into English as Manusyaka or Manushyaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMānuṣyaka (मानुष्यक).—
1) Human nature, humanity; असारमिव मानुष्यम् (asāramiva mānuṣyam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.288.45; किं पुनर्मानुष्यं विडम्ब्यते (kiṃ punarmānuṣyaṃ viḍambyate) V.2; यावन्मानुष्यके शक्यमुपपादयितुं तावत्सर्वमुपपाद्यताम् (yāvanmānuṣyake śakyamupapādayituṃ tāvatsarvamupapādyatām) K.62.
2) A mortal frame, human body; प्राप्यापि मानुष्यकमनेक- साधारणीभव (prāpyāpi mānuṣyakamaneka- sādhāraṇībhava) Dk.
3) Mankind, the race of human beings.
4) A collection of men; अश्वीयैरौक्षकैर्मानुष्यकै रथ्याभिरौष्ट्रकैः । धनश्चचाल वैपुल्यं वसुधाया विलोपयन् (aśvīyairaukṣakairmānuṣyakai rathyābhirauṣṭrakaiḥ | dhanaścacāla vaipulyaṃ vasudhāyā vilopayan) || Dharmābhyudayamahākāvyam.
5) = मनुष्यलोक (manuṣyaloka); मानुष्ये चिन्तयामास जन्मभूमि- मथात्मनः (mānuṣye cintayāmāsa janmabhūmi- mathātmanaḥ) Rām.1.16.31.
Derivable forms: mānuṣyakam (मानुष्यकम्).
See also (synonyms): mānuṣya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryManuṣyaka (मनुष्यक).—adj. and subst. m. (Pali manussaka, adj., is cited by Childers from ‘Kh’ = Khuddakapāṭha ‘14’, but I cannot find the occurrence; Pali a-manussaka, Critical Pali Dictionary), (1) adj., of men, human: manuṣyakā (so mss., Senart em. mā°) kāmāṃ (acc. pl.) Mahāvastu ii.405.8 (verse), human desires; [sarvāṇi deva-manuṣyakāṇi (of gods and men; but here mss. °ṣyāṇi, em. Senart) chattrasahasrāṇi Mahāvastu i.264.3 (prose);] (-vimānāni) divya-manuṣyakāṇi Sukhāvatīvyūha 63.4 (prose); manuṣyako bhavati narasya rājā Śikṣāsamuccaya 308.7 (verse); (2) m., man: bhavanto °kā apy…Divyāvadāna 309.20 (prose).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMānuṣyaka (मानुष्यक).—n.
(-kaṃ) A multitude of men. E. manuṣya a man, and vuñ aff. of multitude.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMānuṣyaka (मानुष्यक).—[mānuṣya + ka], n. A multitude of men.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMānuṣyaka (मानुष्यक).—[adjective] human; [neuter] = [preceding]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mānuṣyaka (मानुष्यक):—[from mānuṣa] mfn. human, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] n. human nature or condition, [Daśakumāra-carita] ([locative case] as far as lies in man’s power, [Kādambarī])
3) [v.s. ...] a multitude of men, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMānuṣyaka (मानुष्यक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. A multitude of men.
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Ends with: Amanushyaka, Atikrantamanushyaka.
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