manuṣya
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative spelling of manusya (“man, human being”).
Example Sentences
- "I shall now refer to the four states of existence. They are nāraka, tiryañca, manuṣya, and deva. […] The third is manuṣya of being a man and the fourth is deva, that of being a denizen of the celestial world."
- "Uṣā was the daughter of Bāṇāsura. She pleased Gaurī who gave a boon to her, ‘You’ll marry the prince who’d appear in your dreams!’ She likewise dreamt of a divine prince one day and confided it to her friend Citralekhā. She was an expert in yoga; she said, ‘the boon of Devī would never go futile; but without knowing the name, lineage, but nothing about him – name, lineage, appearance – is known! How can he be found? I’ll draw the whole world with all its inhabitants, the devas, the rākṣasas and the manuṣyas; if you can find your beloved let me know; I’ll bring him to you.’ saying so she drew everything in the world."