मन्यते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মন্যতে (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬦ᭄ᬬᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• মন্যতে (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• မနျတေ (Burmese script)
• મન્યતે (Gujarati script)
• ਮਨ੍ਯਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦤꦾꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಮನ್ಯತೇ (Kannada script)
• មន្យតេ (Khmer script)
• ມນ຺ຍເຕ (Lao script)
• മന്യതേ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠶᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧁𑧠𑧇𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ମନ୍ଯତେ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢥ꣄ꢫꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• මන්‍යතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• மந்யதே (Tamil script)
• మన్యతే (Telugu script)
• มนฺยเต (Thai script)
• མ་ནྱ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétor

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay

Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay

Sanskrit मन्यते

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétor, from *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬉 (maniietē), Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai), Old Church Slavonic мьнѣти (mĭněti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́n.jɐ.tɐj/, [mɐ́j̃.jɐ.tɐj]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐn̪.jɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

मन्य॑ते • (mányate) third-singular indicative (class 4, type A, root मन्)

1. to think, believe, imagine, suppose, conjecture
2. to regard or consider anyone or anything (accusative) as
3. to think oneself or be thought to be, appear as, pass for
4. to be of opinion, think fit or right
5. to agree or be of the same opinion with
6. to set the heart or mind on, honour, esteem, hope or wish for
7. to think of (in prayer etc., either "to remember, meditate on", or "mention, declare", or "excogitate, invent"), ponder
8. to perceive, observe, learn, know, understand, comprehend
9. to offer, present
10. (causative) to honour, esteem, value highly
11. (desiderative) to reflect upon, consider, examine, investigate
12. (desiderative) to cali in question, doubt ("with regard to" +locative)

Conjugation

Present: मन्य॑ते (mányate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	मन्य॑ते mányate	मन्ये॑ते mányete	मन्य॑न्ते mányante
Second	- -	- -	- -	मन्य॑से mányase	मन्ये॑थे mányethe	मन्य॑ध्वे mányadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	मन्ये॑ mánye	मन्या॑वहे mányāvahe	मन्या॑महे mányāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	मन्य॑ताम् mányatām	मन्ये॑ताम् mányetām	मन्य॑न्ताम् mányantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	मन्य॑स्व mányasva	मन्ये॑थाम् mányethām	मन्य॑ध्वम् mányadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	मन्यै॑ mányai	मन्या॑वहै mányāvahai	मन्या॑महै mányāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	मन्ये॑त mányeta	मन्ये॑याताम् mányeyātām	मन्ये॑रन् mányeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	मन्ये॑थाः mányethāḥ	मन्ये॑याथाम् mányeyāthām	मन्ये॑ध्वम् mányedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	मन्ये॑य mányeya	मन्ये॑वहि mányevahi	मन्ये॑महि mányemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	मन्या॑ते / मन्या॑तै mányāte / mányātai	मन्यै॑ते mányaite	मन्य॑न्त / मन्या॑न्तै mányanta / mányāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	मन्या॑से / मन्या॑सै mányāse / mányāsai	मन्यै॑थे mányaithe	मन्या॑ध्वै mányādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	मन्यै॑ mányai	मन्या॑वहै mányāvahai	मन्या॑महै mányāmahai
Participles
	- -			मन्य॑मान mányamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अम॑न्यत (ámanyata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अम॑न्यत ámanyata	अम॑न्येताम् ámanyetām	अम॑न्यन्त ámanyanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अम॑न्यथाः ámanyathāḥ	अम॑न्येथाम् ámanyethām	अम॑न्यध्वम् ámanyadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अम॑न्ये ámanye	अम॑न्यावहि ámanyāvahi	अम॑न्यामहि ámanyāmahi

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀜𑀢𑁂 (maṃñate) (Girnar); 𐨨𐨙𐨟𐨁 (mañati) (Shāhbāzgarhi, Mansehra)
  • Prakrit: मण्णइ (maṇṇaï) (see there for further descendants)
• Gandhari: 𐨨𐨙𐨯𐨹𐨁 (mañas̱i)
• Pali: maññati