manas

See also: Mànas, manás, mañas, mañás, and manās

English

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit मनस् (manas, “mind”). Doublet of mind.

Noun

manas (uncountable)

1. (philosophy, chiefly theosophy) The mind; that which distinguishes man from the animals.

Derived terms

• manasic

Etymology 2

See mana.

Noun

manas

1. plural of mana.

Anagrams

• Asman, Mansa, Sanma, mansa, saman

Latin

Verb

mānās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of mānō

References

• manas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Pronoun

manas

1. inflection of mans:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural feminine

Middle English

Noun

manas

1. Alternative form of manace

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• मनस् (Devanagari script)
• মনস্ (Bengali script)
• මනස් (Sinhalese script)
• မနသ် or မၼသ် (Burmese script)
• มนสฺ or มะนัส (Thai script)
• ᨾᨶᩈ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ມນສ຺ or ມະນັສ (Lao script)
• មនស៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄚𑄥𑄴 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मनस् (manas, “mind”).

Noun

manas n

1. mind

Declension

According to Duroiselle, this word does not occur in the plural. The plural forms sometimes cited are the masculine and neuter forms of a stem mana.

Declension table of "manas" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	mano or manaṃ
Accusative (second)	mano or manaṃ
Instrumental (third)	manasā or manena
Dative (fourth)	manaso or manassa
Ablative (fifth)	manato or manasā or manasmā or manamhā or manā
Genitive (sixth)	manaso or manassa
Locative (seventh)	manasi or manasmiṃ or manamhi or mane
Vocative (calling)	mano or mana or manaṃ or manā

Derived terms

• manoratha

Descendants

• → Burmese: မနော (ma.nau:)
• → Thai: มโน (má-noo)
• → Thai: มน (mon)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mano & mana(s)”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 522

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

manas

1. plural of mana

Etymology 2

Verb

manas

1. second-person singular present indicative of manar

Spanish

Noun

manas f pl

1. plural of mana

Verb

manas

1. second-person singular present indicative of manar

Swedish

Verb

manas

1. passive infinitive of mana
2. present passive of mana

Tetum

Etymology

From *ma(pa)nas, akin to Malay panas.

Adjective

manas

1. hot

Turkish

Noun

manas

1. a hero

Volapük

Noun

manas

1. genitive plural of man