mahāpurisa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• महापुरिस (Devanagari script)
• মহাপুরিস (Bengali script)
• මහාපුරිස (Sinhalese script)
• မဟာပုရိသ or မႁႃပုရိသ (Burmese script)
• มหาปุริส or มะหาปุริสะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩉᩣᨷᩩᩁᩥᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຫາປຸຣິສ or ມະຫາປຸຣິສະ (Lao script)
• មហាបុរិស (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄦𑄂𑄛𑄪𑄢𑄨𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

mahā +‎ purisa

Noun

mahāpurisa m

1. great man

Declension

Declension table of "mahāpurisa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mahāpuriso	mahāpurisā
Accusative (second)	mahāpurisaṃ	mahāpurise
Instrumental (third)	mahāpurisena	mahāpurisehi or mahāpurisebhi
Dative (fourth)	mahāpurisassa or mahāpurisāya or mahāpurisatthaṃ	mahāpurisānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mahāpurisasmā or mahāpurisamhā or mahāpurisā	mahāpurisehi or mahāpurisebhi
Genitive (sixth)	mahāpurisassa	mahāpurisānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mahāpurisasmiṃ or mahāpurisamhi or mahāpurise	mahāpurisesu
Vocative (calling)	mahāpurisa	mahāpurisā