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What is the Sanskrit term for 'a human'?

Question #81386. Asked by tragic_flawed.

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Four words were returned in an English-Sanskrit dictionary search. These were manuSya (मनुष्य), martya (मर्त्य), maanava (मानव), and zariirin (शरीरिन्). link http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=HK&tinput=human+being&country_ID=&trans=Translate&direction=AU

Jun 02 2007, 11:46 PM
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Jun 02 2007, 11:53 PM
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