मनीषाmanīṣā

मनीषा (manīṣā) is a Sanskrit word meaning thought, reflection, wisdom, intelligence, or idea, prayer or hymn, desire, wish, request, see page 784, thought, understanding, intellect, wisdom, or conception, prayer, request, desire, or wish. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Intellect, Understanding, Thought, Intellect, Desire, and Hymn/Prayer, Desire or Wish.

Root: मन् (man)
Definitions: 17

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Meanings by context

Intellect, Understanding, Thought

5 definitions

Thought, reflection, wisdom, intelligence, or idea.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Intelligence or understanding

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A thought or idea.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Intellect, understanding

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Intellect

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Intellect, Desire, and Hymn/Prayer

3 definitions

reflection, conception, understanding, wise utterance, hymn, prayer, and desire

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Thought, reflection, understanding, or wisdom. 2. Notion or idea. 3. Prayer or hymn. 4. Wish or desire.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Thought, understanding, intellect, wisdom, or conception. 2. Prayer, request, desire, or wish. 3. A hymn or praise.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Desire or Wish

2 definitions

desire, wish, request

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Desire or wish

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hymn, Prayer, or Praise

2 definitions

prayer or hymn

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Hymn, praise

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Intellect and Desire

2 definitions

1. Desire or wish. 2. Intelligence, intellect, or understanding.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Intellect, understanding. 2. Desire, wish.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Intellect and Hymn/Prayer

2 definitions

1. Intellect. 2. Hymn.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Thought and understanding. 2. An expression of thought and wisdom in prayer or hymn.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Referential Entry

1 definition

See page 784

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), 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.