# मन्त्रि (mantri)

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मन्त्रि (mantri) is a Sanskrit word meaning a king's counsellor or minister, 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, one to be consulted before undertaking an expedition. 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.

- **SLP1:** `mantri`  **IAST:** mantri  **Devanagari:** मन्त्रि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantri
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mantri/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** मंतृ (maṃtṛ), मंत्रि (maṃtri), मन्तृ (mantṛ)

## Meanings by context

### King's counsellor / minister (3 definitions)
- a king's counsellor or minister  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 786,3] 1. मन्त्रि (mantri) m. = मन्त्रि (mantri) न् (mantrin), a king's counsellor, minister (only acc. pl. ° त्रीन् (°trīn) ), Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=157452 ]
- A king's councillor or minister  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > मन्त्रि (mantri) [Printed book page 0744-c ] Mantri, is, m. = mantrin, a king's councillor, minister. [ ID=36373 ]
- 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*
  > Mantri (II) — the chief counsellor of the king; 1 looks after the kingdom in the absence of the king; 2 to be consulted before undertaking an expedition; 3 residence of. 4 [ Footnote: 1) Vā. 57. 70.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 115. 17; 217. 18.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. 223. 9; 240. 27.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. 254. 20.] [ ID=10156 ]

### Grammatical usage: form in compounds (1 definition)
- See Mantrin for the definition.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 2. मन्त्रि (mantri) in comp. for मन्त्रि (mantri) न् (mantrin). [ ID=157453 ]

### Proper name: Mantri, a Vānara chief (1 definition)
- a Vanara chief  
  *The Purana Index*
  > मन्त्रि (mantri) [Printed book page 2-628 ] Mantri (I) — a Vānara chief. Br. III. 7. 238. [ ID=10155 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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