amanuṣya (1782)

amanuṣya
Entry 1782, Page 62, Col. 2

(amanuzya, amanuzya)
amanuṣya¦, subst. m. and adj. (cf. next and amā- nuṣa; as subst. = Pali amanussa; in Skt. only Lex. and Pāṇ. 2.4.23), (1) subst. spirit, demon; SP 83.9; in lists of kinds of creatures, in cpd. SP 169.2 deva-nāga-yakṣa- gandharvāsura-garuḍa-kiṃnara-mahoraga-manuṣyāmanu- ṣyais; SP 69.5--6; same list as separate words Gv 141.24 devān…manuṣyān amanuṣyān; Mv ii.107.13, read with mss. anyā kiṃnarīṇāṃ gatiḥ, amanuṣyāṇām, different is the path of the k°, who are demons (or, as adj., super- human); amanuṣya-vyādhi, disease caused by a demon or spirit, Mv i.253.11 ff.; 284.6 ff.; 287.5; amanuṣya-upasarga (so prob. read, as cpd., with one ms.), id., Mv i.287.17; °ṣyābhisṛṣṭa Bbh 63.6; (2) adj., superhuman: Mv ii.30.16 °ṣyāṇi ca gītavādyaśabdāni (so with mss.; Senart amānu°).

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