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Porisa 98 Poseti
Porisa^ (adj.-n.) [abstr. fr. purisa. for 'paurusa or *purusya)]
I. (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 form" like Ger. dienerschaft, E. service =
servants) "servants" esp. in phrase dasa-kammakaraporisa
Vin 1.240; A 1. 145, 206; n.78 ; in. 45, 76, 260;
DhA :v. I ; dasa° a servant Sn 769 (three kinds mentioned
at Nd' II. viz. bhataka kamraakara upajivino) ; raja°
king's service, servant of the king D 1. 135: A iv.286,
322 ; sata° a hundred servants Vism 121. For purisa in
uttama° ( =mahapurisa) DD 97 (cp. DhA 11. 188). Cp.
posa.
Porisa'' (nt.) [abstr. fr. purisa, *paurusyai3, cp. porisiya
and poroseyya] i . business, doing of a man (or servant,
human doing, activity
cp. purisa 2), service, occupation ;
M 1.85 (raja°) ; Vv 63" ( =purisa-kicca VvA 263); Pv
IV.3''* (utthana° = purisa-viriya, purisa-kara PvA 252).
— 2. height of a man M. 1.74, 187, 365.
Porisata (f) [abstr. fr. porisa], only in neg. a° inhuman or
superhuman state, or : not served by any men (or
servants) VvA 275. The reading is uncertain.
Porisada [fr. purisa+ ad to eat] man-eater, cannibal
J V.34 sq., 471 sq., 486, 488 sq., 499, 510.
Porisadaka = porisada J v. 489. Cp. purisadaka J v.91.
Porisiya (adj.) [fr. purisa, cp. porisa & poroseyya] i. of
human nature, human J iv.213. — 2. Of the height of
man Vin 11. 138.
Poroseyya = porisiya (cp. porisa' i) fit for man, human
M 1.366. The word is somewhat doubtful, but itf all
likelihood it is a derivation fr. pura (cp. porin ; Sk.
•paura), thus to be understood as *paurasya>*porasya
> *poraseyya > *poroseyya with assimilation. The
meaning is clearly " very fine, urbane, fashionable " ;
thus nol derived from purisa, although C. expl'^ by
" puris' anucchavikar) yanar) " (M. 1. 561). The passage
runs "yanar) poroseyyar) pavara-mani-kundalai) " ;
with vv. 11. voropeyya & oropeyya. Neumann accepts
oropeyya as reading & translates (wrongly) " beltide " :
see Mittl. Slg- ^1921 ; vol. 11. pp. 45 & 666. The reading
poroseyya seems to be established as lectio difiicilior.
On form see also Trenckner, Notes 75.
Porohita = purohita; DhA 1.174 i'^- '• BB pur°).
Porohacca (nt.) [fr. purohita] the character or office of a
family priest D 11.243. As porohicca at Sn 618 ( = purohita-kamma
SnA 466). Cp. Trenckner, Notes 75.
Posa' [contraction of purisa fr. •pursa>*pussa>*possa>
posa. So Geiger, P.Gr. 30^] == purisa, man (poetical
form, only found in verse) Vin 1.230; S 1.13, 205 =
J III. 309 ; A IV. 266 ; Sn no, 662; Dh 104, 125 icp.
DhA III. 34) ; J V.306 ; vi.246, 361. — peso at J in. 331 is
gen. sg. of pur)S = Sk. pugsah.
Po;a' (adj.) [ = *po?ya, grd. of poseti, pu?] to be fed or
nourished, only in dup° difficult to nourish S 1.61.
Posaka (adj.) [fr. posa^j nourishing, feeding A 1.62, 132 =
It no (apadaka-l-) ; f. °ika a nurse, a female attendant
Vin 11.289 (apadika-l- ).
Fosata (f.) [abstr. fr. posa"] only
difficult support Vin 11. 2.
. in su° & dup° easy &
Posatha = uposatha [cp. BSk. posadha Divy 116, 121, and
Prk. posaha (posahiya=posathika) Pischel, Prh. Gr.
§ 141] J 1V.329; VI. 119.
Posathika = uposathika J iv.329. Cp. anuposathika &
an vaddhamasar)
Posana (nt.) [fr. pu?] nourishing, feeding, support VvA
137-
Posapeti & Posaveti [Cans. II. fr. poseti] to have -brought
up, to give into the care of, to cause to be nourished
Vin 1.269 (PP- posapita) »:! DA 1.133 (posavita, v. 1.
posap").
Posavanika & °ya (adj.-nt.) [fr. posavana = posapana of
Caus. posapeti] i. (adj.) to be brought up, being reared,
fed Vin 1.272; J in. 134, 432. -°iya DhA 111.35 ;
J 111-35 : J 111.429 (&°iyaka). — 2. (nt.) fee for bringing
somebody up, allowance,
J n.289; DhA 1V.40 ;
J
money for
VvA 158
food, sustenance
(°mula). -°iya
I-191-
Posita [pp. of poseti] nourished, fed Cp. 111.3'; VvA 173
(udaka°).
Positng at Vin 11. 151 stands for phusitur) " to sprinkle,"
cp. Vin. Texts III. \b