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)
N. of the 26th Kalpa (s.v.), [Cat.]
of the lake Mānasa, [BhP.]
manaso dohaḥ N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
[cf. Gk. μένος; Lat. Miner-va.]