[Buddha-l] Tracing a phrase

[Weng-Fai Wong]

"Mano" = "mind" 

"ussannataa" = "accumulation", "fullness", "plenty"

"manussa" = "human beings"

So the phrase means "Humans beings (have) a mind that is full (of stuff)"

As for origin, Rhys-Davids quotes Vimanaana-vatthu commentary (PTS 1901)
verse 18: "manassa ussannataaya manussaa".

Something interesting to me is: if we use "maana" (conceit) instead of
"mano", then by bending Pali a little, we get:

"Human beings are full of conceit"

Make sense, no? :)

W.F. Wong


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[mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Ngawang Dorje
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:33 PM
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Hi,
 
Thanks, But can anybody tell me what does it says? What text is it? I don't
read Pali.
 
Thanks,
Rahula

--- On Wed, 10/8/08, Wong Weng Fai <wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg> wrote:

From: Wong Weng Fai <wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg>
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Tracing a phrase
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 11:25 PM

Google to the rescue:

"manassa va ussannatta manusso" on page 116 of

http://nt.med.ncku.edu.tw/biochem/lsn/newrain/canon/pali-tipitaka-f1/Anna/By
akarana%20gantha%20sangaha/Saddanitippakaranam-dhatumala.doc

That's the limit of my abilities...

W.F. Wong

On Wed, 8 Oct 2008, Ngawang Dorje wrote:

>
>
> Hi,
>  
> I would be greatly appreciate it  if anyone could help me trace the
source of this phrase, as well as the context:
>  
> manassa ussannattâ manussâ
>  
> Thanks,
> Rahula
>
>
>
>
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