मन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• म्ना (mnā)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *man-, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐn̪/

Root

मन् • (man) (8 A)

1. to think, believe, suppose

Derived terms

• मति (matí, máti, “thought, idea, belief, mind, worship, memory”)
• मनन (manána, “thoughtful, careful; thinking, reflection, reverence”)
• मनना (mananā́, “thoughtfully, deliberately”)
• मनस (manasá, “mind, heart”)
• मनस् (mánas, “mind”)
• मनस्क (manaská, “little mind”)
• मनस्यु (manasyú, “wishing, desiring”)
• मना (manā́, “devotion, attachment, zeal, envy”)
• मनान (manāná, “pious, devout”)
• मनायु (manāyú, “zealous, devoted, desirous, praying”)
• मनीषा (manīṣā́, “thought, intelligence, concept, prayer, wish”)
• मनु (mánu, “thought”)
• मनुते (manuté, 8 Ā),
• मनुस् (mánus, “man, Manu”)
• मनोजव (manojavá, “the speed or swiftness of thought”)
• मनोतृ (manótṛ, manotṛ́, “inventor, discoverer, disposer, manager”)
• मन्तु (mántu, “advisor, arbiter; counsel; understanding”)
• मन्तृ (mantṛ́, “thinker , adviser , counsellor”)
• मन्त्र (mántra, “formula”)
• मन्त्रि (mantri, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
• मन्त्रिन् (mantrín, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
• मन्धातृ (mandhātṛ́, “a thoughtful or pious man”)
• मन्मन् (mánman, “understanding, intellect, thought, prayer”)
• मन्य (manya, “thinking oneself to be, passing for, appearing as”)
• मन्यते (manyate, passive)
• मन्यते (mányate, 4 Ā),
• मन्यु (manyú, “mind, mood, anger, spirit”)
• मन्युमी (manyumī́, “destroying hostile fury”)
• मन्वन्तर (manvantara, “period or age of a Manu”)
• ममन्धि (mamandhi, 3 P)
• मान (mā́na, “opinion, conception, wish”)
• मानयति (mānayati),
• मानयते (mānayate, causative)
• मीमांसति (mīmāṃsati, desiderative)
• मीमांसते (mīmāṃsate),
• मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā́, desiderative)
• मेधा (medhā́, “wisdom, intelligence”)
• म्ना (√mnā, “remember, repeat in the mind”)
• सुमति (sumati, “of good mind”)
• सुम्न (sumná, “benevolence, grace; devotion, prayer; peace”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 783.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 118