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manussakasaṭe

manussakasaṭa

masc acc pl of manussakasaṭa (noun); masc loc sg of manussakasaṭa (noun)

1. human vileness; nastiness of men

Built from

• manussaka — stem · human
  From manussya (Skt. manuṣya) via -ka suffix. Root *men- (to think, be aware) gives 'man' as the thinking being. Cognates: English 'man', 'mind'; Latin 'mens'.
• saṭa — root · vileness, filth
  Origin uncertain; possibly related to Skt. śaṭha 'deceit, cunning'. The concrete sense is moral or physical degradation.

Analysis. manussaka + saṭa: 'human' (adj) + 'vileness, filth' (noun). A dvandva compound treating human nastiness or degradation as a single conceptual unit.

Etymology. manussaka derives from manussya (Skt. manuṣya), 'human being', from manu 'man' (Indo-European *men- 'to think', cognate with English 'man', Latin 'mens' 'mind'). saṭa, 'filth, vileness', is of uncertain etymology; possibly related to Sanskrit śaṭha 'cunning, deceit' or independent.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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