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Manisha, Ѳīṣ�: 16 definitions

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Manisha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Ѳīṣ� can be transliterated into English as Manisa or Manisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (vaishnavism)

Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा) refers to “desire� [?], according to the Vedānta Deśika’s Yatirājasaptati.—There are allusions to Rāmānuja’s “protection� of the Vedas, his defeat of those who hold other Vedāntic views as well as the significance of his establishment of the right interpretation of the Vedas in innumerable verses of the Yatirājasaptati. [...] Verse 31 captures in a lovely set of images the nature of Rāmānuja’s works.They are wish-fulfilling trees for the imagination of debaters (첹ٳ󲹰첹-ᲹԲ-īṣ�), oozing with the nectar of Hari’s feet, possessing many branches so that they can remove suffering/heat, and subduing (with their perfume) the stench of sins.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Manisha in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

manīṣ� (मनीषा).—f S Wish or desire.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

manīṣ� (मनीषा).�f Wish or desire.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा).—[ī�-a� īṣa; manasa īṣ� śakaṃ�]

1) Desire, wish; यो दुर्जन� वशयितु� तनुत� मनीषाम् (yo durjana� vaśayitu� tanute manīṣām) Bv.1.95.

2) Intelligence, understanding; अत� साधोऽत्र यत� सारं मनुद्धृत्य मनीषय� (ata� sādho'tra yat sāra� manuddhṛtya manīṣayā) Bhāg. 1.1.11; प्रविभज्� पृथङ्मनीषय� स्वगुण� यत्किल तत्करिष्यस� (pravibhajya pṛthaṅmanīṣayā svaguṇa� yatkila tatkariṣyasi) Śiśupālavadha 16. 42.

3) A thought, idea.

4) Ved. Hymn, praise.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा).—f.

(-ṣ�) 1. Intellect, understanding. 2. Desire, wish. E. manas the mind, ī� to go, aff. ka, or īṣa aff., form irr.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा).—[man + īṣ�], f. 1. Intellect. 2. Hymn, Chr. 298, 24 = [Rigveda.] i. 112, 24.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा).—[feminine] thought, reflection, understanding, wisdom; notion, idea; prayer, hymn; wish, desire.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा):—[from man] a f. thought, reflection, consideration, wisdom, intelligence, conception, idea (paro manīṣayā, beyond all conception), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.

2) [v.s. ...] prayer, hymn, [Ṛg-veda]

3) [v.s. ...] desire, wish, request, [ib.]

4) b etc. See p. 784, col. 2.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा):�(ṣ�) 1. f. Intellect.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ѳṇīs.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Manisha in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा):�(nf) intellect, intellectual faculty, wisdom.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Manisha in Prakrit glossary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Ѳṇīs (मणीसा) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ѳīṣ�.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Manisha in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mānisa (ಮಾನಿ�):�

1) [noun] a human being.

2) [noun] a male servant.

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Mānisa (ಮಾನಿ�):—[noun] that which thinks, perceives, feels, etc.; the mind.

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Mānīśa (ಮಾನೀ�):—[noun] wrong form of ' ಮಾನಿ� [manisa]1'.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Manisha in Nepali glossary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Ѳīṣ� (मनीषा):—n. 1. thought; wisdom; intelligence; 2. desire; wish; 3. a thought; an idea;

2) Mānisa (मानि�):—n. 1. man; human being; 2. person;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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