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Poroseyya means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPoroseyya, =porisiya (cp. porisa1 1) fit for man, human M. I, 366. The word is somewhat doubtful, but in 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 not derived from purisa, although C. expls by “puris’ânucchavikaṃ yānaṃ” (M. I. 561). The passage runs “yānaṃ poroseyyaṃ pavara-maṇi-kuṇḍalaṃ”; with vv. ll. voropeyya & oropeyya. Neumann accepts oropeyya as reading & translates (wrongly) “belüde”: see Mittl. Slg. 21921; vol. II. pp. 45 & 666. The reading poroseyya seems to be established as lectio difficilior. On form see also Trenckner, Notes 75. (Page 475)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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