मन्त्रिmantri

मन्त्रि (mantri) is a Sanskrit word meaning a king's counsellor or minister, see Mantrin for the definition, a king's councillor or minister, a Vanara chief, the chief counsellor of the king, one who looks after the kingdom in the king's absence. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them King's counsellor / minister, Grammatical usage: form in compounds, Proper name: Mantri, a Vānara chief.

Meanings by context

King's counsellor / minister

3 definitions
a king's counsellor or minister

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A king's councillor or minister

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

1. The chief counsellor of the king. 2. One who looks after the kingdom in the king's absence. 3. One to be consulted before undertaking an expedition. 4. A residence.

The Purana Index

Grammatical usage: form in compounds

1 definition
See Mantrin for the definition.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper name: Mantri, a Vānara chief

1 definition
a Vanara chief

The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.