मनस्

See also: मानस, मानसि, मानिस, and मानुस

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मनः (manaḥ)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मनस् (mánas). Doublet of मन (man).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.nəs/, [mɐ.nɐs]

Noun

मनस् • (manas) m (rare, formal, chiefly in compounds)

1. the mind

   Synonyms: मन (man), जी (jī), दिल (dil), चित्त (citt)

2. intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience
3. will, wish, desire

   Synonyms: इच्छा (icchā), कामना (kāmnā), अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā)

Declension

Declension of मनस् (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मनस् manas	मनस् manas
oblique	मनस् manas	मनसों manasõ
vocative	मनस् manas	मनसो manaso

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “मनस्”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• manas (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi 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)

Noun

मनस् m

1. Devanagari script form of manas

Declension

Declension table of "मनस्" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	मनो (mano) or मनं (manaṃ)
Accusative (second)	मनो (mano) or मनं (manaṃ)
Instrumental (third)	मनसा (manasā) or मनेन (manena)
Dative (fourth)	मनसो (manaso) or मनस्स (manassa)
Ablative (fifth)	मनतो (manato) or मनसा (manasā) or मनस्मा (manasmā) or मनम्हा (manamhā) or मना (manā)
Genitive (sixth)	मनसो (manaso) or मनस्स (manassa)
Locative (seventh)	मनसि (manasi) or मनस्मिं (manasmiṃ) or मनम्हि (manamhi) or मने (mane)
Vocative (calling)	मनो (mano) or मन (mana) or मनं (manaṃ) or मना (manā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মনস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মনস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မနသ် (Burmese script)
• મનસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮನಸ್ (Kannada script)
• មនស៑ (Khmer script)
• ມນສ຺ (Lao script)
• മനസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମନସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මනස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• மநஸ் (Tamil script)
• మనస్ (Telugu script)
• มนสฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *ménos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mánas

Sanskrit मनस् (manas)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mánas (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ménos (“mind”), from *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵 (manah), Old Persian 𐎶𐎴𐏃 (m-n-h /⁠manah⁠/), Latin mēns, Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), and English mind. Equivalent to मन् (man, "to think", root) +‎ -अस् (-as).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́.nɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.n̪ɐs̪/

Noun

मनस् • (mánas) stem, n

1. mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.61:

     उत त्वा स्त्री शशीयसी पुंसो भवति वस्यसी ।
     अदेवत्रादराधसः ॥
     वि या जानाति जसुरिं वि तृष्यन्तं वि कामिनम् ।
     देवत्रा कृणुते मनः ॥

     uta tvā strī śaśīyasī puṃso bhavati vasyasī.
     adevatrādarādhasaḥ.
     vi yā jānāti jasuriṃ vi tṛṣyantaṃ vi kāminam.
     devatrā kṛṇute manaḥ.

     Yea, many a woman is more firm and better than the man who turns away from Gods, and does not worship.
     She who discerns the weak and worn and the man who thirsts and is in want
     She sets her mind upon the Gods.

2. the spirit or spiritual principle, the breath or living soul which escapes from the body at death
3. thought, imagination, excogitation, invention, reflection, opinion, intention, inclination, affection, desire, mood, temper, spirit
4. name of the 26th kalpa

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of मनस् (mánas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मनः mánaḥ	मनसी mánasī	मनांसि mánāṃsi
Vocative	मनः mánaḥ	मनसी mánasī	मनांसि mánāṃsi
Accusative	मनः mánaḥ	मनसी mánasī	मनांसि mánāṃsi
Instrumental	मनसा mánasā	मनोभ्याम् mánobhyām	मनोभिः mánobhiḥ
Dative	मनसे mánase	मनोभ्याम् mánobhyām	मनोभ्यः mánobhyaḥ
Ablative	मनसः mánasaḥ	मनोभ्याम् mánobhyām	मनोभ्यः mánobhyaḥ
Genitive	मनसः mánasaḥ	मनसोः mánasoḥ	मनसाम् mánasām
Locative	मनसि mánasi	मनसोः mánasoḥ	मनःसु mánaḥsu

Derived terms

• मानस (mānasá)

Descendants

• Pali: manas
  • → Burmese: မနော (ma.nau:)
  • → Thai: มโน (má-noo)
  • → Thai: มน (mon)
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀡 (maṇa) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hindi: मनस् (manas)
• → Kannada: ಮನಸ್ಸು (manassu), ಮನಸು (manasu), ಮನ (mana)
• → Tamil: மனசு (maṉacu), மனது (maṉatu), மனம் (maṉam)
• → Telugu: మనసు (manasu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 783/3, 784/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 309-10