मन्

See also: -मन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• म्ना (mnā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မန် (Burmese script)
• મન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೝ (Kannada script)
• មន៑ (Khmer script)
• ມນ຺ (Lao script)
• മന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• மந் (Tamil script)
• మౝ (Telugu script)
• มนฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Root

मन् • (man)

1. to think, believe, suppose
2. to remember (especially of forms with mnā-)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मन्‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• मन्यते (mányate, Present)
• मनुते (manuté, Present)
• ममन्धि (mamandhi, Present)
• मंस्यते (maṃsyate, Future)
• मनिष्यते (maniṣyate, Future)
• म्नास्यति (mnāsyati, Future)
• मन्ता (mantā, Periphrastic Future)
• मनिता (manitā, Periphrastic Future)
• म्नाता (mnātā, Periphrastic Future)
• अमत (ámata, Aorist)
• अमंस्त (ámaṃsta, Aorist)
• अमनिष्ट (ámaniṣṭa, Aorist)
• मंसीष्ट (maṃsīṣṭa, Benedictive)
• म्नायात् (mnāyāt, Benedictive)
• म्नेयात् (mneyāt, Benedictive)
• मेने (mene, Perfect)
• मम्नौ (mamnáu, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• मन्यते (manyate, Passive)
• मानयति (mānayati, Causative)
• अमीमनत् (amīmanat, Causative Aorist)
• मान्यते (mānyate, Passive of Causative)
• मीमांसते (mīmāṃsate, Desiderative)
• मिमंसते (mimaṃsate, Desiderative)
• मिमनिषते (mimaniṣate, Desiderative)
• अमीमांसिष्ट (ámīmāṃsiṣṭa, Desiderative Aorist)
• मीमांस्यते (mīmāṃsyate, Desiderative Future)
• मिमानयिषति (mimānayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
• मिमामिषते (mimāmiṣate, Desiderative of Desiderative)
• मन्मन्यते (manmanyate, Intensive)
• मन्मन्ति (manmanti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• मन्तुम् (mantum, Infinitive)
• मन्तवे (mántave, Infinitive)
• मन्तवै (mantavái, Infinitive)
• मन्तोस् (mantos, Infinitive)
• मत्वा (matvā́, Gerund)
• मनित्वा (manitvā́, Gerund)
• मत्य (matya, Gerund)
• मन्य (manya, Gerund)
• मन्तव्य (mantavyá, Gerundive)
• मननीय (mananīya, Gerundive)
• माननीय (mānanīya, Gerundive)
• म्नातव्य (mnātavyá, Gerundive)
• मत (matá, Past Participle)
• मन्त (mantá, Past Participle)
• म्नात (mnātá, Past Participle)
• मिमानयिषु (mimānayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• मन (mana)
• मना (manā́, “devotion, attachment, zeal, envy”)
• मनस् (mánas, “mind”)
• मनीषा (manīṣā́, “thought, intelligence, concept, prayer, wish”)́
• मनु (mánu, “thought”)
• मनुस् (mánus)
• मनन (manána, “thoughtful, careful; thinking, reflection, reverence”)
• मनना (mananā́, “thoughtfully, deliberately”)́
• मति (matí, máti, “thought, idea, belief, mind, worship, memory”)
• सुमति (sumati, “of good mind”)
• मन्तु (mántu, “advisor, arbiter; counsel; understanding”)
• मनोतृ (manótṛ, manotṛ́, “inventor, discoverer, disposer, manager”)
• मन्तृ (mantṛ́, “thinker , adviser , counsellor”)
• मन्त्र (mántra, “formula”)
• मन्त्रिन् (mantrín, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
• मन्त्रि (mantri, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
• मन्मन् (mánman, “understanding, intellect, thought, prayer”)
• मन्यु (manyú, “mind, mood, anger, spirit”)
• माति (māti)
• मान (mā́na, “opinion, conception, wish”)
• मानक (mānaka)
• मानिन् (mānin)
• मान्य (mānya)
• मानन (mānana)
• मानुक (mānuka)
• मुनि (múni)
• मन्य (manya, “thinking oneself to be, passing for, appearing as”)
• मन्यक (manyaka)
• मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā́)
• मीमांसक (mīmāṃsaka)
• मीमांस्य (mīmāṃsya)
• मानयितृ (mānayitṛ)
• मानयितव्य (mānayitavya)
• म्नान (mnāna)
• म्नाय (mnāya)
• मेधा (medhā́, “wisdom, intelligence”)
• मन्धातृ (mandhātṛ́, “a thoughtful or pious man”)
• मन्वन्तर (manvantara, “period or age of a Manu”)
• मन्युमी (manyumī́, “destroying hostile fury”)
• मनान (manāná, “pious, devout”)
• मनस (manasá, “mind, heart”)
• मनस्क (manaská, “little mind; mental; mindful, attentive”)
• मनस्यु (manasyú, “wishing, desiring”)
• मनायु (manāyú, “zealous, devoted, desirous, praying”)
• मनोजव (manojavá, “the speed or swiftness of thought”)
• सुम्न (sumná, “benevolence, grace; devotion, prayer; peace”)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अतिमन् (atiman)
• अधिमन् (adhiman)
• अनुमन् (anuman)
• अवमन् (avaman)
• आमन् (āman)
• निमन् (niman)
• परिमन् (pariman)
• प्रतिमन् (pratiman)
• विमन् (viman)
• सम्मन् (samman)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मन्‎ (6 c, 0 e)

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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 305-306