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मन्

मन्

Sanskrit

Root

मन् (√man).

  • cl.8.4. Ā. (Dhātup. xxx, 9 ; xxv, 67) मनुते, मन्यते (ep. also °ति ; 3. pl. मन्वते RV. ; pf. मेने Br. &c. ; मम्नाथे, °नात्स् RV. ; aor. अमत, अमन्महि Subj. मनामहे, मनन्त, p. मनान q.v. RV. ; मंसि, अमंस्त Subj. मंसते Prec. मंसीष्ट, 1. pers. mc. मसीय ib. ; मांस्त AV., °स्ताद्म् TA1r. ; मन्ध्वम् Br. ; अमनिष्ट Gr. ; fut. मंस्यते Br., °ति MBh. ; मन्त, मनिता Gr. ; मनिष्यते RV. ; inf. मन्तुम् MBh. &c., मन्तवे, °तवै RV., मन्तोस् Br. ; ind.p. मत्वा Up. &c. ; मनित्वा Gr. ; -मत्य Br. &c. ; -मन्य MBh. &c.), to think, believe, imagine, suppose, conjecture RV. &c. ( मन्ये, I think, methinks, is in later language often inserted in a sentence without affecting the construction ; cf. g. चादि and Pāṇ. 4-1, 106)
  • to regard or consider any one or anything (acc.) as (acc. with or without इव, or adv., often in -वत् ; in later language also dat., to express contempt [cf. Pāṇ. 2-3, 17], e.g. g. राज्यं तृणय मन्ये, ‘I value empire at a straw’ i.e. I make light of it = लघु √ मन्, and opp. to बहु, or साधु √ मन्, to think much or well of, praise, approve).
  • to think one's self or be thought to be, appear as, pass for (nom. ; also with इव).
  • to be of opinion, think fit or right.
  • to agree or be of the same opinion with (acc.).
  • to set the heart or mind on, honour, esteem (with नौ, disdain), hope or wish for (acc. or gen.).
  • to think of (in prayer &c., either ‘to remember, meditate on’, or ‘mention, declare’, or ‘excogitate, invent’).
  • to perceive, observe, learn, know, understand, comprehend (acc., Ved. also gen.).
  • to offer, present.
  • to call in question, doubt.

References

  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.