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mānavaमानवmānavá mf(I/)n. (fr. mánu) descended from or belonging to man or Manu, human, [RV.] &c. &c.
favouring men, [RV. ix, 98, 9]
mānavá m. a human being, man, [RV.], &c.
patr. fr. mánu (N. of Nābhā-nediṣṭha, Śāryāta, Cakṣus, Nahuṣa, Bhṛgu, Su-dyumna, Karūṣa, and Deva-hūti), [Br.]; [Pur.] &c.
N. of a cosmic period, [VP.]
pl. the children of men, mankind, [RV.] &c. &c.
the races of men (of which 5 or 7 are reckoned), [AV.]; [Br.]
the subjects of a king, [Mn.]; [R.]
N. of a school of the black Yajurveda, [Hcat.]
mānavá n. a man's length (as a measure), [VarBṛS.]
a partic. penance, [Prāyaśc.]
N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
of Manu's law-book, [Vas.]
of a Varṣa, [Cat.]
mānavatमानवत्māna—vat mfn. enjoying honour, rich in honour, TUP.
mānavatīमानवतीmāna—vatī (atī), f. (a woman) angry from jealousy, [Śiś.]; [Kathās.]
mānavasyaमानवस्यNom. P. (only p. °syát), to act like men, [RV. i, 140, 4] ([Sāy.] ‘to wish for men’).
mānavadevaमानवदेवmānava—deva m. ‘god among men’, a king, prince, [Ragh.]
mānavapatiमानवपतिmānava—pati m. ‘man-lord’, a king, sovereign, [VarBṛS.]
mānavasāraमानवसारmānava—sāra n. N. of wk.
mānavardhanaमानवर्धनmāna—vardhana mfn. increasing (a person's) honour, indicating respect, [Mn. ix, 115.]
mānavarjakaमानवर्जकmāna—varjaka m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]; [Pur.] (v.l. -vartika and -valaka).
mānavarjitaमानवर्जितmāna—varjita mfn. destitute of honour, [MBh.]
dishonouring, [BhP.]
mānavartikaमानवर्तिकmānavalaka. See māna-varjaka under 1. māna.
mānavasūtraमानवसूत्रmānava—sūtra n. a Sūtra of M° (cf. -gṛhya- and -śrauta-s°).
mānavapurāṇaमानवपुराणmānava—purāṇa n. N. of an [Upapurāṇa].
mānavarākṣasaमानवराक्षसmānava—rākṣasa m. a fiend in human shape, [Bhartṛ.]
mānavasaṃhitāमानवसंहिताmānava—saṃhitā f. N. of ch. of the Āditya-purāṇa.
mānavaśrautasūtraमानवश्रौतसूत्रmānava—śrauta-sūtra n. N. of one of the Sūtra works attributed to Manu (q.v.)
mānavagṛhyasūtraमानवगृह्यसूत्रmānava—gṛhya-sūtra n. N. of one of the Sūtra works ascribed to Manu (q.v.)
mānavakalpasūtraमानवकल्पसूत्रmānava—kalpa-sūtra n. incorrect N. of a Comm. on the first part of [MānŚr.] ([IW. 205, 2])
mānavadharmaśāstraमानवधर्मशास्त्रmānava—dharma-śāstra n. N. of the code of laws attributed to Manu (= manusaṃhitā).
mānavavāstulakṣaṇaमानववास्तुलक्षणmānava—vāstu-lakṣaṇa n. N. of wk.