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					Nara,[Ved.nara,cp.nṛtu; Idg.*ner to be strong or valiant =Gr.a)nήr,a)g-ήnwr (valiant),drw/y (*nrw/y); Lat.neriosus (muscuḷar),Nero (Sabinian,cp.Oscan ner= Lat.vir); Oir.nert] man (in poetry esp.a brave,strong,heroic man),pl.either “men” or “people” (the latter e.g.at Sn.776,1082; Pv.I,1112).-- A.I,130; II,5; III,53; Sn.39,96,116,329,591,676,865 etc.; Dh.47,48,262,309,341; J.III,295; Nd1 12=Nd2 335 (definition); VvA.42 (popular etymology:narati netī ti naro puriso,i.e.a “leading” man); PvA.116=Dh.125.
  --âdhama vilest of men Sn.246; --âsabha “man bull,” i.e.lord of men Sn.684,996; --inda “man lord,” i.e.king Sn.836; J.I,151; --uttama best of men (Ep.of the Buddha) S.I,23; D.III,147; Sn.1021; --deva god-man or man-god (pl.) gods,also Ep.of the B.“king of men” S.I,5; Pv IV.350; --nārī (pl.) men & women,appl.to male & female angelic servants (of the Yakkhas) Vv 324,337,538; Pv.II,112; --vīra a hero (?),a skilled man (?) Th.1,736 (naravīrakata “by human skill & wit” Mrs.Rh.D.).--sīha lion of men J.I,89.(Page 347)