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Definition[1]
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purusa, 布嚕沙; 補盧沙 man, mankind, a man, Man as Nārayāṇa the soul and origin of the universe, the soul, the Soul, Supreme Being, God, see M. W.; intp. as 人 and 丈夫 man, and an adult man, also by 士夫 master or educated man, 'explained by 神我, literally the spiritual self. A metaphysical term; the spirit which together with nature (自性 svabhāva), through the successive modifications (轉變) of guṇa (求那 attributes or qualities), or the active principles (作者), produces all forms of existence (作一切物). ' Eitel.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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===(雜語)一作布嚕沙Purus!a,又作補盧沙。譯曰人,丈夫。寄歸傳二曰:「言布路沙者,譯為人也。」梵語雜名曰:「丈夫,布嚕沙。」
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》