manas

See also: manás, mañas, mañás, and manās

English

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit मनस् (manas, “mind”).

Noun

manas (uncountable)

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

Etymology 2

See mana.

Noun

manas

  1. plural of mana.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

mānās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of mānō

References

Latvian

Pronoun

manas

  1. genitive singular feminine form of mans
  2. nominative plural feminine form of mans
  3. vocative plural feminine form of mans
  4. accusative plural feminine form of mans

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀫𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • मनस् (Devanagari script)
  • মনস্ (Bengali script)
  • මනස් (Sinhalese script)
  • မနသ် (Burmese script)
  • มนสฺ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᨶᩈ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
  • មនស៑ (Khmer 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 \ NumberSingular
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)manasmiṃ or manamhi or mane or manasi
Vocative (calling)mano or manaṃ or manā or mana

References

manas in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

Portuguese

Noun

manas

  1. plural of mana

Spanish

Verb

manas

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of manar.

Swedish

Verb

manas

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

Turkish

Noun

manas

  1. a hero

Volapük

Noun

manas

  1. genitive plural of man
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