ava-√ man Ā. (Pot. -manyeta aor. Subj. 2. sg. maṃsthāḥ, 2.pl. -madhvam, [Bhaṭṭ.]; ep. also P. -manyati fut. -maṃsyati, [MBh. iv, 444]) to despise, treat contemptuously, [MBh.] &c.; to repudiate, refuse, [ib.] : Pass. -manyate to be treated contemptuously: Caus. (Pot. -mānayet) to despise, treat contemptuously, [Mn. ii, 50.]