# मनसा (manasā) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/manasa मनसा (manasā) is a Sanskrit word meaning mind, intellect, or understanding, thought, imagination, or reflection, opinion, intention, or inclination, affection, desire, mood, temper, or spirit, name of the twenty-sixth kalpa, of the lake Manasa. Its 18 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The Serpent Goddess Manasā, The Mind/Intellect (मनस्), Other Specific Entities Named Manas/Mānasa. - **Roots:** वृत् (vṛt), हन् (han), गम् (gam), मन् (man), विश् (viś), धा (dhā), धृ (dhṛ), बन्ध् (bandh), कृ (kṛ) - **SLP1:** `manasA` **IAST:** manasā **Devanagari:** मनसा - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manasa - **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/manasa/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** मानास (mānāsa), मानसा (mānasā), मानस (mānasa), मनस (manasa) ## Meanings by context ### The Serpent Goddess Manasā (7 definitions) - See 1. Manasa *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2B) [Printed book page 784,1] मनसा (manasā) b f. See 1. मनसा (manasā) [ ID=156810 ] - the goddess of serpents, wife of Jaratkaru and mother of Astika *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 784,1] 1. मनसा (manasā) f. N. of a partic. goddess (described as consisting of a particle of Prakṛti and as daughter of Kaśyapa. sister of the serpent-king Ananta, wife of the Muni Jarat-kāru, mother of the Muni Āstīka and protectress of men from the venom of serpents; cf. विष - हरी (viṣa-harī) ), Pañcar. [ ID=156813 ] - of a Kinnari *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a Kiṃ-narī, Kāraṇḍ. [ ID=156814 ] - The goddess of the serpent race, and protectress against their venom *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मनसा (manasā) [Printed book page 640 ] मनसा (manasā) f. ( - सा (-sā) ) The goddess of the serpent race, and the particular protectress against their venom. E. मनस् (manas) the mind, aff. ठाप् (ṭhāp); the object of love and devotion. [ ID=29454 ] - The goddess of the serpent race. *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मनसा (manasā) [Printed book page 574-b ] मनसा (manasā) ( सा ) ((sā)) 1. m. The goddess of the serpent race. [ ID=28969 ] - Name of the wife of Jaratkaru and sister of the serpent king Ananta *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मनसा (manasā) [Printed book page 552-01 ] मनसा (manasā) f. Name of the wife of Jaratkāru and sister of the serpent-king Ananta. [ ID=28917 ] - The goddess of the serpent race and protectress against their venom *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मनसा (manasā) [Printed book page 549-b ] मनसा (manasā) f. ( - सा (-sā) ) The goddess of the serpent race, and the particular protectress against their venom. E. मनस् (manas) the mind, aff. टाप्; (ṭāp;) the object of love, and devotion. [ ID=30459 ] ### The Mind/Intellect (मनस्) (5 definitions) - 1. Mind, intellect, or understanding. 2. The internal organ of perception and cognition in philosophy. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 783,3] मनस् (manas) n. mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will, RV. &c. &c. (in phil. the internal organ or अन्तः - करण (antaḥ-karaṇa) of perception and cognition, the faculty or instrument through which thoughts enter or by which objects of sense affect the soul, Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 53; in this sense मनस् (manas) is always regarded as distinct from आत्मन् (ātman) and पुरुष (puruṣa), ‘spirit or soul’ and belonging only to the body, like which it is - except in the Nyāya - considered perishable; as to its position in the various systems See for Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika, Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 63; 67; 76, for Sāṃkhya and Vedānta, ib. 84; 109; 117; in RV. it is sometimes joined with हृद् (hṛd) or हृदय (hṛdaya), the heart, Manu-smṛti (Title) vii, 6 with चक्षुस् (cakṣus), the eye) [ ID=156776 ] - the spirit or spiritual principle, the breath or living soul which escapes from the body at death *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the spirit or spiritual principle, the breath or living soul which escapes from the body at death (called असु (asu) in animals; cf. above), ib. [ ID=156777 ] - 1. Thought, imagination, or reflection. 2. Opinion, intention, or inclination. 3. Affection, desire, mood, temper, or spirit. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > thought, imagination, excogitation, invention, reflection, opinion, intention, inclination, affection, desire, mood, temper, spirit, ib. ( ifc. after a verbal noun or an inf. stem in ° (°) तु (° (°)tu) = having a mind or wishing to; cf. द्रष्टु - म् (draṣṭu-m) ° (°) &c. मनः (manaḥ) (manaḥ ) √ कृ (kṛ) (√kṛ), to make up one's mind; with gen., to feel inclination for; मनः (manaḥ) (manaḥ ) √ कृ (kṛ) (√kṛ), प्र - (pra-) √ कृ (kṛ) (√kṛ), √ धा (dhā), vi-√ धा (dhā), √ धृ (dhṛ), √ बन्ध् (bandh) and Caus. of नि - (ni-) √ व (va) िश् (√viś) with loc. dat. acc. with प्रति (prati), or inf., to direct the mind or thoughts towards, think of or upon; मनः (manaḥ) with सम् - आ - (sam-ā-) √ धा (dhā) (√dhā), to recover the senses, collect one's self; with √ हन् (han) See मनो - हत्य (mano-hatya); मनसा (manasā) ind. in the mind; in thought or imagination; with all the heart, willingly; with gen., by the leave of; with इव (va) (iva) = ° (°) से (° (°)se) व (va), as with a thought, in a moment; with √ मन् (man), to think in one's mind, be willing or inclined; with सं - (saṃ-) √ गम् (√gam), to become unanimous, agree; मनसि (manasi) with √ कृ (kṛ), to bear or ponder in the mind, meditate on, remember; with नि - (ni-) √ धा (dhā) (√dhā), to impress on the mind, consider; with √ व (va) ृत् (vṛt), to be passing in one's mind) [ ID=156778 ] - mind, spirit, intellect *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > मनस् (manas) [ cf. Gk. μένος; Lat. Miner-va.] [ ID=156781.05 ] - mind, heart *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > मनस (manasa) n. ( ifc., with f( आ (ā) ). ) = मनस (manasa) ् (manas), mind, heart, PārGṛ.; MBh. &c. [ ID=156811 ] ### Other Specific Entities Named Manas/Mānasa (4 definitions) - Name of the twenty-sixth kalpa *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > [Printed book page 784,1] N. of the 26th Kalpa ( s.v. ), Cat. [ ID=156779 ] - of the lake Manasa *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of the lake Mānasa, BhP. [ ID=156780 ] - name of a Saman *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > मनसो दोहः (manaso dohaḥ) N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr. [ ID=156781 ] - an ancient sage *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 784,1] मनस (manasa) m. N. of a Ṛṣi, Ṛg-veda (Title) v, 44, 10 ( Sāy. ) [ ID=156809 ] ### Adverbial 'manasā' (by/with the mind) (2 definitions) - 1. In the mind or imagination. 2. With all the heart, willingly. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2C) [Printed book page 783,3] मनसा (manasā) a ind., in the mind; in thought or imagination; with all the heart, willingly [ ID=156781.1 ] - instrumental case of manas *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 784,1] 2. मनसा (manasā) instr. of मनस् (manas), in comp. [ ID=156818 ] ## Sources Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne. The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546