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mānasa

mānasá mf(I, once A)n. (fr. mánas) belonging to the mind or spirit, mental, spiritual (opp. to śārīra, corporeal), [VS.] &c. &c.

expressed only in the mind, performed in thought i.e. silent, tacit (as a hymn or prayer), [ŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]

conceived or present in the mind, conceivable, imaginable, [R.]

relating to or dwelling on the lake Mānasa (see n. below), [BhP.]

mānasá m. a form of Viṣṇu, [VP.]

N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.]

of a son of Vapuṣ-mat, [MārkP.]

mānasá m. pl. a partic. class of deceased ancestors (regarded as sons of Vasiṣṭha), [Cat.]

a class of ascetics, [RāmatUp.]

N. of the Vaiśyas in Śākadvīpa, [MBh.]

of the worlds of the Soma-pa, [Hariv.]

mānasá n. (ifc. f(A). ) the mental powers, mind, spirit, heart, soul (= manas, g. prajñādi), [KaṭhUp.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

mānasá n. (in law) tacit or implied consent, [W.]

a kind of salt, [KātyŚr.], Sch.

the 25th mansion from that under which one is born, [VarYogay.]

(with or scil. saras, or tīrtha) N. of a sacred lake and place of pilgrimage on mount Kailāsa (the native place of the wild geese, which migrate to it every year at the breeding season), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]

N. of wk. on Śilpa or art.