maṇí m. (f(i) only, [L.]; f(I). , [Siṃhās.]; maṇīva = maṇī [du.] iva, [Naiṣ.]) a jewel, gem, pearl (also fig.), any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal, [RV.] &c. &c.
a magnet, loadstone, [Kap.]
glans penis, [Suśr.]
N. of the jewel-lotus prayer, [MWB. 372]
clitoris, [L.]
the hump (of a camel), [MBh.]
the dependent fleshy excrescences on a goat's neck, [VarBṛS.]
thyroid cartilage, [L.] (cf. kaṇṭha-m°)
the wrist (= maṇí-bandha), [L.]
a large water-jar, [L.]
N. of a Nāga, [MBh.]
of a companion of Skanda (associated with Su-maṇi), [ib.]
of a sage, [ib.]
of a son of Yuyudhāna, [ib.] (in [Hariv.] v.l. tūṇi)
of a king of the Kiṃnaras, [Kāraṇḍ.]
of various works and a collection of magical formulas (also abridged for Tattva-cintāmaṇi and Siddhānta-śiromaṇi).
[cf. Gk. μάννος, μόννος; Lat. monile; Germ. mane, Mähne; Eng. mane.]