muni मुनि múni m. (accord. to [Uṇ. iv, 122] fr. √ man) impulse, eagerness (?), [RV. vii, 56, 8] (prob.) any one who is moved by inward impulse, an inspired or ecstatic person, enthusiast, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] a saint, sage, seer, ascetic, monk, devotee, hermit (esp. one who has taken the vow of silence), [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (with hṛdayeṣu sthitaḥ, the internal monitor or conscience, [Mn. viii, 91]) a Brāhman of the highest (eighth) order, [Hcat.] N. of a son of Kuru, [MBh.] of a son of Dyuti-mat, [MārkP.] of Vyāsa, [Kir.] of Bharata, [Sāh.] of Agastya, [L.] of a Buddha or Arhat, [Lalit.] of Pāṇini &c. (cf. -traya) of other men, [VP.] of various authors, [Cat.] of various plants (Agati Grandiflora, Buchanania Latifolia, Butea Frondosa, Terminalia Catappa, the mango-tree and Artemisia Indica), [L.] pl. ‘the celestial Munis’, N. of the seven stars of Ursa Major (and there fore a symbolical N. for the number ‘seven’), [Var.]; [Sūryas.]; [Śrutab.] múni f. a female Muni (also ī), [Uṇ. iv, 122], Sch. N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (and wife of Kaśyapa), mother of a class of Gandharvas and Apsaras (cf. mauneya), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] múni n. N. of a Varṣa (called after a royal Muni), [VP.] muniśa मुनिश mfn. full of ascetics g. lomādi. munika मुनिक m. N. of a man, [VP.] munitā मुनिता muni—tā f. munitva मुनित्व muni—tva n. the state or character of a Muni, [Kāv.] municita मुनिचित muni—cita g. sutaṃgamādi munideśa मुनिदेश muni—deśa m. N. of a place, [MBh.] munideva मुनिदेव muni—deva m. (also with ācārya) N. of an author. munigāthā मुनिगाथा muni—gāthā f. N. of a partic. sacred text, [Divyāv.] munihata मुनिहत muni—hata m. N. of king Puṣya-mitra, [Buddh.] munikeśa मुनिकेश múni—keśa (múni-), mfn. wearing long hair like a Muni, [AV.] munimata मुनिमत muni—mata (ibc.), the opinion or doctrine of sages munipūga मुनिपूग muni—pūga m. Areca Triandra, [L.] munipadī मुनिपदी muni—padī f. g. kumbhapady-ādi. munisuta मुनिसुत muni—suta m. = -putra, [R.] munitaru मुनितरु muni—taru m. Agati Grandiflora, [L.] munivana मुनिवन muni—vana n. a forest inhabited by Munis, [Ragh.] munivara मुनिवर muni—vara m. the best of M°s or sages, [MBh.] N. of Vasiṣṭha (as one of the stars of the Great Bear), [VarBṛS.] muniveṣa मुनिवेष muni—veṣa m. a Muni's garment, [R.] muni—veṣa mfn. also = -dhara mfn. wearing a Muni's garment, [ib.] municchada मुनिच्छद muni—cchada m. ‘seven-leaved’, Alstonia Scholaris, [L.] munidruma मुनिद्रुम muni—druma m. Agati Grandiflora, [L.] Calosanthes Indica, [L.] munipatnī मुनिपत्नी muni—patnī f. a Muni's wife, [R.] munipriya मुनिप्रिय muni—priya m. Panicum Miliaceum, [L.] muniputra मुनिपुत्र muni—putra m. a Muni's son, [VP.] Artemisia Indica, [L.] munisthāna मुनिस्थान muni—sthāna n. an abode of Munis or ascetics, [L.] munisthala मुनिस्थल muni—sthala g. kumudādi. munitraya मुनित्रय muni—traya n. ‘triad of Munis’, Pāṇini and Kātyāyana and Patañjali, [Cat.] munivākya मुनिवाक्य muni—vākya n. a M°s's saying or doctrine, [MW.] munivīrya मुनिवीर्य muni—vīrya m. N. of one of the Viśve Devāḥ, [MBh.] munivṛkṣa मुनिवृक्ष muni—vṛkṣa m. N. of various kinds of trees (the Palāśa, Sarala, Śyonāka &c.), [L.] munivrata मुनिव्रत muni—vrata mfn. observing a M°s's vow, keeping perpetual silence, [Śiś.] munibheṣaja मुनिभेषज muni—bheṣaja n. ‘sage's medicine’ fasting, [L.] Agati Grandiflora, [L.] Terminalia Chebula or Citrina, [L.] muniśāvaka मुनिशावक muni-śāvaka m. a young Brāhman, [Cat.] municandra मुनिचन्द्र muni—candra m. N. of a pupil of Vardhamāna, [Gaṇar.] munidāraka मुनिदारक muni—dāraka m. = -kumāra, [A.] munikumāra मुनिकुमार muni—kumāra m. a young sage, [A.] munimaraṇa मुनिमरण muni—maraṇa n. N. of a district, [PañcavBr.] munisattra मुनिसत्त्र muni—sattra n. N. of a partic. Iṣṭi, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] munisevita मुनिसेवित muni—sevita m. a kind of wild grain or rice, [L.] munitanayā मुनितनया muni—tanayā f. a Muni's daughter, [Śak.] munivratin मुनिव्रतिन् muni—vra°tin mfn. one who eats eight mouthfuls, [L.] muninirmita मुनिनिर्मित muni—nirmita m. a species of plant (= ḍiṇḍiśa), [Bhpr.] munipittala मुनिपित्तल muni—pittala n. copper, [L.] munipuṃgava मुनिपुंगव muni—puṃgava m. an eminent sage, [VP.] muniputraka मुनिपुत्रक muni—putraka m. a wagtail, [L.] munipuṣpaka मुनिपुष्पक muni—puṣpaka n. the blossom of Agati Grandiflora, [L.] munisuvrata मुनिसुव्रत muni—suvrata m. (with Jainas) N. of the 12th Arhat of the past and the 20th of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.] muniviṣṭara मुनिविष्टर muni—viṣṭara m. a species of plant, [L.] munipiṣṭakin मुनिपिष्टकिन् muni—piṣṭakin mf(I)n. one who lives every day on 8 wild-rice cakes, [L.] munikharjūrikā मुनिखर्जूरिका muni—kharjūrikā f. a species of date, [L.] muniparamparā मुनिपरम्परा muni—paramparā f. a tradition handed down from Muni to Muni, uninterrupted tradition, [VarBṛS.] munijñānajyanta मुनिज्ञानज्यन्त muni—jñāna-jyanta m. N. of a scribe, [MW.] munimatamīmāṃsā मुनिमतमीमांसा muni—mata—mīmāṃsā f. N. of wk. munipaticaritra मुनिपतिचरित्र muni—pati-caritra n. N. of wk. munimatamaṇimālā मुनिमतमणिमाला muni—mata—maṇi-mālā f. N. of wk. munibhāvaprakāśikā मुनिभावप्रकाशिका muni—bhāva-prakāśikā f. N. of wk.