cl. 8. 4. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxx, 9]; [xxv, 67]) manuté, mányate (ep. also °ti; 3. pl. manvaté, [RV.]; pf. mene, [Br.] &c.; mamnā́the, °nā́ts, [RV.]; aor. ámata, ámanmahi Subj. manāmahe, mananta, p. manāná, q.v., [RV.]; maṃsi, amaṃsta Subj. maṃsate Prec. maṃsīṣṭa, 1. pers. mc. masīya, [ib.]; māṃsta, [AV.], °stādm, [TĀr.]; mandhvam, [Br.]; amaniṣṭa Gr.; fut. maṃsyate, [Br.], °ti, [MBh.]; manta, manitā Gr.; maniṣyate, [RV.]; inf. mantum, [MBh.] &c., mántave, °tavai, [RV.], mántos, [Br.]; ind.p. matvā́, [Up.] &c.; manitvā Gr.; -matya, [Br.] &c.; -manya, [MBh.] &c.), to think, believe, imagine, suppose, conjecture, [RV.] &c. &c. (manye, I think, methinks, is in later language often inserted in a sentence without affecting the construction; cf. g. cādi and [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 106]); to regard or consider any one or anything (acc.) as (acc. with or without iva, or adv., often in -vat; in later language also dat., to express contempt [cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 17]], e.g. g. rājyaṃ tṛṇāya manye, ‘I value empire at a straw’ i.e. I make light of it = laghu √ man, and opp. to bahu, or sādhu √ man, to think much or well of, praise, approve), [ib.]; to think one's self or be thought to be, appear as, pass for (nom.; also with iva), [ib.]; to be of opinion, think fit or right, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to agree or be of the same opinion with (acc.), [MBh.]; to set the heart or mind on, honour, esteem (with na, disdain), hope or wish for (acc. or gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to think of (in prayer &c., either ‘to remember, meditate on’, or ‘mention, declare’, or ‘excogitate, invent’), [RV.]; [AV.]; to perceive, observe, learn, know, understand, comprehend (acc., Ved. also gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to offer, present, [MBh.] : Caus. ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 36]) mānayati (ep. also °te; aor. amīmanat; Pass. mānyate), to honour, esteem, value highly (also with uru, bahu and sādhu), [AV.] &c. &c.; (Ā.) stambhe, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 35]; garvake, [ib.]; [Vop.] : Desid. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 3]) mīmāṃsate (rarely °ti; amīmāṃsiṣṭhās, [ŚBr.]; mīmāṃsyáte, [AV.]; mimaṃsate, mimaniṣate Gr.), to reflect upon, consider, examine, investigate, [AV.]; [Br.] &c.; to call in question, doubt (‘with regard to’ loc.), [ib.] : Desid. of Desid. mimāmiṣate Gr.: Intens. manmanyate, manmanti, [ib.]
[cf. Zd. man; Gk. μένω, μέμονα, Lat. meminisse, monere; Slav. and Lith. minė́ti; Goth. ga-munan; Germ. meinen; Eng. mean.]
1. math or (q.v.) cl. 1. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xx, 18]; [iii, 5] and [xxxi, 40]) máthati, mánthati, mathnā́ti (Ved. and ep. also Ā. máthate, mánthate and mathnīte; Impv. mathnadhvam, [MBh.]; pf. mamātha, [AV.]; 3. pl. mamathuḥ, [Vop.]; methuḥ, methire, [Br.]; mamantha, °nthuḥ, [MBh.]; aor. mathīt, [RV.]; amanthiṣṭām, [ib.]; amathiṣata, [Br.]; fut. mathiṣyati, °te; manthiṣyati, [Br.] &c.; mathitā, [MBh.]; inf. mathitum, [MBh.] &c.; °tos, [Br.]; mánthitavaí, [MaitrS.]; ind.p. mathitvā́, -máthya, [Br.] &c.; manthitvā, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 33]; -manthya and -mātham, [MBh.] &c.), to stir or whirl round, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with agnim), to produce fire by rapidly whirling round or rotating a dry stick (araṇi) in another dry stick prepared to receive it, [ib.]; (with araṇim), to rotate the stick for producing fire, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; (with ūrum, hastam &c.), to use friction upon any part of the body with the object of producing offspring from it, [Hariv.]; [BhP.]; to churn (milk into butter), produce by churning, [TS.] &c. &c. (also with two acc., e.g. sudhāṃ kṣīra-nidhim mathnāti, ‘he churns nectar out of the ocean of milk’, [Siddh.] on [Pāṇ. i, 4, 51]); to mix, mingle, [Suśr.]; to stir up, shake, agitate, trouble disturb, afflict, distress, hurt, destroy, [AV.] &c. &c.: Pass. mathyáte (ep. also °ti), to be stirred up or churned &c., [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. manthayati ([Lāṭy.]), māthayati or mathayati ([MBh.]), to cause to be stirred up or churned &c.: Desid. mimathiṣati, mimanthiṣati Gr.: Intens. māmathyate, māmantti &c., [ib.] [cf. Gk. μίνθη; Lat. mentha, menta; Lit. mentùrė; Germ. minza, Minze; Angl.Sax. minte; Eng. mint.]
(cf. √ 2. mad) cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. ii, 12]) mándate (Ved. also P. °ti; pf. mamanda, °dat, amamanduḥ, [RV.]; aor. mandús, °dāná; amandīt, mandiṣṭa, [ib.]; Subj. mandiṣat Gr.; Prec. mandiṣīmahi, [VS.]; fut. manditā, °diṣyate Gr.; inf. mandádhyai, [RV.]), to rejoice, be glad or delighted, be drunk or intoxicated (lit. and fig.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; (P.) to gladden, exhilarate, intoxicate, inflame, inspirit, [RV.]; to sleep (?), [VS.] ([Mahīdh.]); to shine, be splendid or beautiful, [Naigh. i, 16]; to praise or to go, [Dhātup.] : Caus. mandáyati (inf. mandayádhyai), to gladden, exhilarate, intoxicate, [RV.]; to be glad or drunk, [ib.]
or mad (only mamáttana, mamandhi, ámaman), to tarry, stand still, pause, [RV.] (cf. upa-ni-√ mand and ni-√ mad) : Caus. See mandaya.
mánu m. ‘the thinking creature (?)’, man, mankind, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AitBr.]; [TĀr.] (also as opp. to evil spirits, [RV. i, 130, 8]; [viii, 98, 6] &c.; the Ṛbhus are called manor nápātaḥ, the sons of man, [iii, 60, 3])
the Man par excellence or the representative man and father of the human race (regarded in the [RV.] as the first to have instituted sacrifices and religious ceremonies, and associated with the Ṛṣis Kaṇva and Atri; in the [AitBr.] described as dividing his possessions among some of his sons to the exclusion of one called Nābhā-nediṣṭha q.v.; called Sāṃvaraṇa as author of [RV. ix, 101, 10]-[12]; Āpsava as author of [ib.] [106], [7]-[9]; in [Naigh. v, 6] he is numbered among the 31 divine beings of the upper sphere, and [VS. xi, 66] as father of men even identified with Prajā-pati; but the name Manu is esp. applied to 14 successive mythical progenitors and sovereigns of the earth, described, [Mn. i, 63] and in later works as creating and supporting this world through successive Antaras or long periods of time See manv-antara below; the first is called Svāyambhuva as sprung from svayam-bhū, the Self-existent, and described in [Mn. i, 34] as a sort of secondary creator, who commenced his work by producing 10 Prajāpatis or Maharṣis, of whom the first was marīci, Light; to this Manu is ascribed the celebrated ‘code of Manu’, see manu-saṃhitā, and two ancient Sūtra works on Kalpa and Gṛhya i.e. sacrificial and domestic rites; he is also called Hairaṇyagarbha as son of Hiraṇya-garbha, and Prācetasa, as son of Pra-cetas; the next 5 Manus are called Svārociṣa, Auttami, Tāmasa, Raivata, Cākṣuṣa cf. [IW. 208 n. 1]; the 7th Manu, called vaivasvata, Sun-born, or from his piety, satya-vrata, is regarded as the progenitor of the present race of living beings, and said, like the Noah of the Old Testament, to have been preserved from a great flood by Viṣṇu or Brahmā in the form of a fish: he is also variously described as one of the 12 Ādityas, as the author of [RV. viii, 27]-[31], as the brother of Yama, who as a son of the Sun is also called Vaivasvata, as the founder and first king of Ayodhyā, and as father of Ilā who married Budha, son of the Moon, the two great solar and lunar races being thus nearly related to each other See [IW. 344]; [373]; the 8th Manu or first of the future Manus accord. to [VP. iii, 2], will be Sāvarṇi; the 9th Dakṣa-sāvarṇi; the 10th Brahma-sāvarṇi; the 11th Dharma-sāvarṇi; the 12th Rudra-sāvarṇi; the 13th Raucya or Deva-sāvarṇi; the 14th Bhautya or Indra-s°)
ind. (prob. fr. manā + añc, ‘perceivably’) a little, slightly, in a small degree (dānam manāgapi, a gift however small; kālam manāk, a little time ; na m°, not at all; manāg asmi na pātitaḥ, I was all but thrown down), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.
a drink in which other ingredients are mixed by stirring, mixed beverage (usually parched barley-meal stirred round in milk; but also applied to a partic. medicinal preparation), [RV.] &c. &c.
a spoon for stirring, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Kauś.]
a churning-stick, [MBh.]; [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 18]
a kind of antelope, [ṢaḍvBr.]
the sun or a sun-ray, [L.]
a partic. disease of the eye, excretion of rheum, [L.]
n. an instrument for kindling fire, by friction, [MBh.]
mánas n. mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will, [RV.] &c. &c. (in phil. the internal organ or antaḥ-karaṇa of perception and cognition, the faculty or instrument through which thoughts enter or by which objects of sense affect the soul, [IW. 53]; in this sense is always regarded as distinct from ātman and puruṣa, ‘spirit or soul’ and belonging only to the body, like which it is — except in the Nyāya — considered perishable; as to its position in the various systems See for Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika, [IW. 63]; [67]; [76], for Sāṃkhya and Vedānta, [ib.] [84]; [109]; [117]; in [RV.] it is sometimes joined with hṛd or hṛdaya, the heart, [Mn. vii, 6] with cakṣus, the eye)
the spirit or spiritual principle, the breath or living soul which escapes from the body at death (called asu in animals; cf. above), [ib.]
thought, imagination, excogitation, invention, reflection, opinion, intention, inclination, affection, desire, mood, temper, spirit, [ib.] (ifc. after a verbal noun or an inf. stem in °tu = having a mind or wishing to; cf. draṣṭu-m° &c.; manaḥ √ kṛ, to make up one's mind; with gen., to feel inclination for ; manaḥ √ kṛ, pra-√ kṛ, √ dhā, vi-√ dhā, √ dhṛ, √ bandh and Caus. of ni-√ viś with loc. dat. acc. with prati, or inf., to direct the mind or thoughts towards, think of or upon; manaḥ with sam-ā-√ dhā, to recover the senses, collect one's self; with √ han See mano-hatya; mánasā ind. in the mind; in thought or imagination; with all the heart, willingly; with gen., by the leave of; with iva = °seva, as with a thought, in a moment; with √ man, to think in one's mind, be willing or inclined; with saṃ-√ gam, to become unanimous, agree; manasi with √ kṛ, to bear or ponder in the mind, meditate on, remember; with ni-√ dhā, to impress on the mind, consider; with √ vṛt, to be passing in one's mind)
(properly a Nom. fr. mantra, p. 785, col. 3), cl. 10. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxiii, 6]) mantráyate (rarely P. °ti; Subj. mantrayaithe, °te, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 95], Sch.; Pot. mantrayīta, [MBh.]; inf. mantrayitum, [Pañcat.]), to speak, talk, say, [RV. i, 164, 10]; to deliberate, take counsel, consult with (instr. with or without saha) or about (dat.), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.; to resolve upon, determine to (inf.), [MBh.]; to deliberate on, discuss (acc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to counsel, advise, propose any measure, give any one advice (with acc. of pers., or with gen. of pers. and acc. of thing), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to consecrate with sacred or magical texts, enchant with spells or charms, [MBh.]; [R.]
manyú m. ([L.] also f.) spirit, mind, mood, mettle (as of horses), [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]
high spirit or temper, ardour, zeal, passion, [RV.] &c. &c.
rage, fury, wrath, anger, indignation, [ib.] (also personified, esp. as Agni or Kāma or as a Rudra; manyuṃ √ kṛ, with loc. or acc. with prati, ‘to vent one's anger on, be angry with’)
manána n. thinking, reflection, meditation, thought, intelligence, understanding (esp. intrinsic knowledge or science, as one of the faculties connected with the senses, [Nir. viii, 6] = manman), [Hariv.]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.] (°nā́ ind. thoughtfully, deliberately, [RV.])
manána n. homage, reverence, [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 165, 4.]
mánasā ind., in the mind; in thought or imagination; with all the heart, willingly
f. See 1.
f. N. of a partic. goddess (described as consisting of a particle of Prakṛti and as daughter of Kaśyapa. sister of the serpent-king Ananta, wife of the Muni Jarat-kāru, mother of the Muni Āstīka and protectress of men from the venom of serpents; cf. viṣa-harī), [Pañcar.]
manota, prob. n. ([ĀpŚr.], Sch.) or manótā, f. ([ŚāṅkhBr.] &c.) the hymn [RV. vi], [i], (containing the word manótā nom. of manotṛ and used in sacrificing; also °tā-sūkta, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]) the deity to whom the offering during the recitation of that hymn is dedicated (accord. to the Brāhmaṇas = Agni or = Vāc and Go), [TS.]; [Br.]; [KātyŚr.]
, prob. n. ([ĀpŚr.], Sch.) or manótā, f. ([ŚāṅkhBr.] &c.) the hymn [RV. vi], [i], (containing the word manótā nom. of manotṛ and used in sacrificing; also °tā-sūkta, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]) the deity to whom the offering during the recitation of that hymn is dedicated (accord. to the Brāhmaṇas = Agni or = Vāc and Go), [TS.]; [Br.]; [KātyŚr.]
mántra m. (rarely n.; ifc. f(A). ), ‘instrument of thought’, speech, sacred text or speech, a prayer or song of praise, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]
a Vedic hymn or sacrificial formula, that portion of the Veda which contains the texts called ṛc or yajus or sāman (q.v.) as opp. to the Brāhmaṇa and Upaniṣad portion (see [IW. 5] &c.), [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.] &c.
a sacred formula addressed to any individual deity (e.g. om śivāya namaḥ), [RTL. 61]
a mystical verse or magical formula (sometimes personified), incantation, charm, spell (esp. in modern times employed by the Śāktas to acquire superhuman powers; the primary Mantras being held to be 70 millions in number and the secondary innumerable, [RTL. 197]-[202]), [RV.] ([i, 147, 4]); [ĀśvŚr.]; [Mn.]; [Kathās.]; [Suśr.]
f. N. of a humpbacked female slave of Bharata's mother Kaikeyī (accord. to [MBh.] an incarnation of the Gandharvī Dundubhī; accord. to [R.] a daughter of Virocana)
mf(A)n. (allied to √ 2. mand and manda, but in some meanings rather fr. √ math) slow (lit. and fig.; often ifc. ‘slow in’), lazy, tardy, indolent, dull, stupid, silly, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]; [Sāh.] &c. (am ind.)
low, hollow, deep (as sound), [W.]
bent, curved, crooked, humpbacked (cf. ā f. and mantharaka)
broad, wide, large, bulky, [L.]
tale-bearing, [L.]
m. a treasure or hair or anger (= kośa, keśa, or kopa), [L.]
m. (in some meanings also written mandara) the coral tree, Erythrina Indica (also regarded as one of the 5 trees of paradise or Svarga), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a white variety of Calotropis Gigantea, [L.]
the thorn-apple, [L.]
heaven, [L.]
N. of a son of Hiraṇya-kaśipu, [MBh.] (C. mandara)
of a Vidyā-dhara, [MārkP.]
of a hermitage and desert spot on the right bank of the Ganges where there are said to be 11 sacred pools, [Cat.]