Manjari, ѲñᲹī, ѲñᲹ, ѲᲹī, Mamjari: 31 definitions
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Manjari means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी) refers to the “florescence� of a tree, as mentioned in the second chapter (ṇy徱-) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or ᲹԾṇṭ (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., ѲñᲹī] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी) is another name for Tulasī, which is a Sanskrit word referring to Ocimum tenuiflorum (holy basil), from the Lamiaceae family. It is classified as a medicinal plant in the system of Āyurveda (science of Indian medicine) and is used throughout literature such as the śܳٲṃhٲ and the 䲹첹ṃh. The synonym was identified in the ᲹԾṇṭ (verses 10.148-149), which is a 13th century medicinal thesaurus.

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: ISKCON Press: GlossaryѲñᲹī ().—The small, purplish flowers of the ٳܱī plant. ѲñᲹīs, along with ٳܱī leaves, are offered only to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They must be fresh.
: Pure Bhakti: Bhajana-rahasya - 2nd EditionѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी) refers to:—A maidservant of Śīmatī Rādhikā in the category of Ծٲⲹī or ṇa-ī. (cf. Glossary page from Bhajana-Rahasya).

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�).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexѲᲹī (मन्जरी).—A Varṇa śakti.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 44. 59.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी) refers to a type of ornament (ṇa) for the neck (첹ṇṭ) to be worn by females, according to Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 23. Such ornaments for females should be used in cases of human females and celestial beings (gods and goddesses).
Ābharaṇa (‘ornaments�, eg., ñᲹī) is a category of ṃk, or “decorations�, which in turn is a category of nepathya, or “costumes and make-up�, the perfection of which forms the main concern of the Āhāryābhinaya, or “extraneous representation�, a critical component for a successful dramatic play.

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी) refers to one of the eighteen ṣa-ṇaṛtٲ (irregular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 332nd chapter of the Ծܰṇa. The Ծܰṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the ñᲹī metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)ѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी) is the name of a ٳṣp徱 metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—ѲñᲹ� has 21 ٰ in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 3, 3, 4, 4, 4 and 3 ٰ.

Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी) refers to a “bouquet�, according to the Guru Mandala Worship (ṇḍԲ) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary ū and practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Locanī, having a golden color, arrow and shining appearance, Māmakī, having a dark-blue color, water, grain and a bouquet (ghaṭa-dhānya-ñᲹī� dhāī), Pāṇḍarā, having a red color, and drawing a bow and arrow, Holy goddess Ārya Tārā, having a green color and blue lotus�.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Manjari in India is the name of a plant defined with Lannea coromandelica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Odina wodier Roxb. (among others).
2) Manjari is also identified with Ocimum tenuiflorum It has the synonym Plectranthus monachorum (L.) Spreng. (etc.).
3) Manjari in Nepal is also identified with Osyris quadripartita It has the synonym Osyris wightiana var. rotundifolia (P.C. Tam) P.C. Tam (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis (1853)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1969)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 2 (1763)
· Der Gesellsschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, neue Schriften (1803)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Numer. List (2717)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English DictionaryñᲹī : (f.) a bunch of cluster.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryѲñᲹ, (f.) (cp. Epic & Class. Sk. ñᲹī) a branching flower-stalk, a sprout J. V, 400, 416. (Page 515)

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English DictionaryñᲹī (मंजरी).—f (S) See the popular form ñᾱī.
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māñjaī (मांजरी).—f (ñᲹ A cat. Because butter is rubbed over it, and a cat is brought to lick it.) A painful suppurating tumor arising in the armpit. 2 A common term for the two loops or eyelets appended to the fixed post of a churning apparatus, and through which the churnstaff descends; cat's eye. 3 A particular plant, of which cats are fond. 4 C An apparatus for scraping or slicing fruits and vegetables,--a blade of iron set in a sort of frame and erected upon four legs. 5 C A she-cat. 6 Matting, a mat (not of bamboo).
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmāñjaī (मांजरी).�f A painful suppurating tumour arising in the armpit. A she-cat.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryѲñᲹ (मञ्जरि) or ѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी).�f.
1) A shoot, sprout, spring; निवपेः सहकारमञ्जरी� (nivape� sahakārañᲹī�) Kumārasambhava 4.38; सदृशकान्तिरलक्ष्यत मञ्जरी (sadṛśakāntiralakṣyata ñᲹī) R.9.44;16.51; so स्फुरत� कुचकुम्भयोरुपर� मणिमञ्जरी (sphuratu kucakumbhayorupari maṇiñᲹī) Gītagovinda 1; मुखं मुक्तारुचो धत्त� धर्माम्भःकणमञ्जरी� (mukha� muktāruco dhatte dharmāmbhaḥkaṇañᲹī�) 屹.2.71.
2) A cluster of blossoms.
3) A flower-stalk.
4) A (parallel) line or row.
5) A pearl; cf. मञ्जरीपिञ्जरित (ñᲹīpiñjarita) 'bedecked with pearls'.
6) A creeper.
7) The holy basil.
8) The plant Tilaka.
Derivable forms: ñᲹ� (मञ्जरि�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲñᲹ (मञ्जरि).—f. (-�-ī) 1. A compound pedicle, a fruit or flower-stalk. 2. A A large pearl. 3. A plant, commonly Tilaka. 4. A line. 5. A creeper. 6. The holy-basil. mf. (-�-ī) A shoot, a sprout. E. ñ beautiful, � to go, or be, aff. i, deriv. irr., ṅīp optionally added.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲñᲹ (मञ्जरि).�ñᲹī, f. 1. = ñara, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 15, 7 (pearl). 2. A shoot, sprout, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 26, 76 (ñᲹī-cāmara, A fan-like sprout).
ѲñᲹ can also be spelled as ѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲñᲹ (मञ्जरि).—[feminine] = [preceding], blossom or bud i.[grammar] ī often in titles of books (—�).
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ѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी).—[feminine] = [preceding], blossom or bud i.[grammar] ī often in titles of books (—�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) ѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—in dharma. See GotrapravarañᲹī, DānañᲹī, NirṇayañᲹī, ŚrāddhañᲹī.
2) ѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी):—vedānta. Oppert. Ii, 6788.
3) ѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी):—Narapatijayacaryāṭīkā by Bhūdhara.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी):—[from ñara > ñ] a f. See below.
2) ѲñᲹ (मञ्जरि):—[from ñ] See ñᲹī.
3) ѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी):—[from ñ] b f. a cluster of blossoms, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (also ri; often at the end of titles of works. cf. ī貹- etc.)
4) [v.s. ...] a flower, bud, [Kāvya literature] (also ri)
5) [v.s. ...] a shoot, shout, sprig, [ib.] (also ri)
6) [v.s. ...] foliage (as an ornament on buildings), [Vāstuvidyā]
7) [v.s. ...] a parallel line or row, [Gīta-govinda; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
8) [v.s. ...] a pearl, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] Name of various plants (= پ, , or holy basil, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])
10) [v.s. ...] of 2 metres, [Colebrooke]
11) [v.s. ...] of various works.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲñᲹ (मञ्जरि):—[(ri�-ī)] 2. 3. f. A compound pedicle; a stalk; a large pearl. m. f. A sprout or shoot.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ѲñᲹ (मञ्जरि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ѳṃj.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryMaṃjaī (मंजरी) [Also spelled manjari]:�(nf) a sprout, new shoot/cluster of flowers; an ear of corn.
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryManjari in Hindi refers in English to:�(nf) a sprout, new shoot/cluster of flowers; an ear of corn..—manjari (मंजरी) is alternatively transliterated as Maṃjaī.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Ѳṃj (मंजर�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ѲñᲹ.
2) Maṃjaī (मंजरी) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ѲḍhᲹ.
2) Maṃjaī has the following synonyms: Ѳṃjā.
3) Maṃjaī (मंजरी) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ѳñī.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusѲṃj (ಮಂಜರ�):—[noun] a domestic female cat.
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Ѳṃj (ಮಂಜರ�):�
1) [noun] a bunch; a cluster.
2) [noun] the slender, usu. cylindrical portion of a leaf, which supports the blade and is attached to the stem; the leafstalk; the petiole.
3) [noun] a smooth, rounded bead formed around a grain of sand within the shells of certain mollusks, valued as a gem; a pearl.
4) [noun] the tree Clerodendrum phlomidis of Verbenaceae family.
5) [noun] the part of the leg of a horse between the knee and the hoof.
6) [noun] the plant Ocimum sanctum of Lamiaceae family; the basil.
7) [noun] (mus.) in Karnāṭaka system, a mode derived from the main mode Kharaharapriya.
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Māṃjari (ಮಾಂಜರಿ):—[noun] a kind of soil or land that is not very much suitable for growing plants.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryѲñᲹī (मञ्जरी):—n. 1. flower bud; 2. young shoot or twig of a plant; 3. flower sprout; 4.. a cluster of blossoms;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+4): Mamjaria, Mamjariga, Mamjarige, Mamjarike, Mamjarisu, Mancarikam, Mancarippa, Manjaricamara, Manjaridharin, Manjaridipika, Manjarijala, Manjarijaladharin, Manjarika, Manjariki, Manjarikri, Manjarinamra, Manjaripinjarita, Manjariprakasha, Manjaripujaka, Manjarisara.
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