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Manjusha, Mañjūsā, Manjusa, Ѳñūṣ�, Ѳñṣ�, Maṃjūṣ�, Mamjusa, Mamjusha, Mañjusā: 23 definitions

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Manjusha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, 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 terms Ѳñūṣ� and Ѳñṣ� and Maṃjūṣ� can be transliterated into English as Manjusa or Manjusha or Mamjusa or Mamjusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�).—A popular name given to the work परमलघुमञ्जूष� (貹ܳñūṣ�) of Nāgeśa on अर्थ-प्रक्रिय� (ٳ-) (science or method of interpretation) in Vyākaraṇa, which is generally read by advanced students. Nāgeśa has also written a bigger work on the same subject लघुमञ्जूषा (ܳñūṣ�) which sometimes is also referred to by the word मञ्जूष� (ñūṣ�).

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Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Vastushastra (architecture)

: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)

1) Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�) refers to a “vessel� (used for the 󲹱Բ-ceremony), as discussed in chapter 6 (Kriyāpāda) of the ʲ峾ṃh: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter�ñԲ, yoga, and ) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—Description of the chapter [󲹱Բ-vidhi]:—This chapter tells what materials are deposited in a vessel [ñūṣ�] (1-9a, 23b-40), how that vessel is honored with a homa-rite (9b-16) and how the same vessel is ritually placed by the Ācārya, in the pit prepared (with “female� bricks—see preceding chapter) for its reception (17-23a). [...]

2) Ѳñūṣ� Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�) refers to a “finely-wrought box� (buried beneath the temple-construction site), as discussed in chapter 7 of the ŚīśԲṃh: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.—Description of the chapter [󲹲Բ徱]: [After having selected the required “first bricks”]: The Yajamāna-patron is next supposed to collect nine kinds of soils, nine kinds of gems, nine kinds of flowers, and roots, ores, etc., and place these in a finely-wrought ñūṣ�-box to the accompaniment of the 貹پԳٰ. A homa-offering is done to mark the event, after which the Ācārya dresses in new white garments and, in the middle of the night, takes the box in procession to a pit which marks the place just south of where the temple is to be built (1-20). [...]

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्�, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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India history and geography

: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature (history)

Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�) is the name of a commentary (on Nāthanavaratnamālā of his own) on the topic of Mantraśāstra ascribed to 첹ⲹ (C. 1685-1775 C.E.), a polymath of who composed around forty works covering the subjects of vedānta, mīmāṃsā, vyākaraṇa, nyāya, prosody, kāvya, smṛti, mantraśāstra, Vedic literature. Also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum� XVII. pp. 133-135.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Ѳñūṣ�.�(LL), casket. Note: ñūṣ� is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Manjusha in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

mañjūsā : (f.) a casket; box.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mañjūsā, (f.) (cp. Epic Sk. ñūṣ�) a casket; used for keeping important documents in J. II, 36 (suvaṇṇapaṭṭa� mañjūsāya nikkhipāpesi); IV, 335 (suvaṇṇapaṭṭa� sāra-mañjūsāya� ṭhapetvā kālam akāsi). (Page 515)

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

1) mañjusā�

(Burmese text): တံတင်း၊ သေတ္တာ။

(Auto-Translation): Door, box.

2) mañjūsā�

(Burmese text): တံတင်း၊ သေတ္တာ။

(Auto-Translation): Door, box.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Manjusha in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ѳñṣ� (मञ्जुष�) or Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�).—[ñ-ūṣa]

1) A box, casket, chest, receptacle; मदीयपद्यरत्नाना� मञ्जूषैष� मय� कृता (madīyapadyaratnānā� mañjūṣaiṣ� mayā kṛtā) Bv.4.45; अपारकोषगर्भासु मञ्जूषास� निजैर्नरैः (apārakoṣagarbhāsu ñūṣāsu nijairnarai�) Śiva B.29.56.

2) A large basket, hamper; मञ्जुषाऽपि � मञ्जूष� पेटा � पेटिकेत्यप� (ñṣ�'pi ca ñūṣ� peṭ� ca peṭiketyapi) Ś岹ٲ屹ī.

3) Madder (= ñᾱṣṭ).

4) A stone.

See also (synonyms): ñṣi.

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

Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�).—f.

(-ṣ�) 1. A basket, a large basket, 2. A stone. 3. Bengal madder. 4. The case in which the great bow that Rama broke, was kept. E. manj to make pure or clean by ablution, Unadi aff. ūṣa, and the nasal augment; also with a short vowel ñṣ� .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�).—f. 1. A basket, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 4, 74. 2. A receptacle, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 67, 4.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�).�(& ñūṣi) [feminine] box, basket.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Nyāyañūṣ�, Vedāntaratnañūṣ�, Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntañūṣ�.

2) Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�):—a
—[commentary] on the Jāgadīśī, by Kṛṣṇabhaṭṭa Ārḍe.

Ѳñūṣ� has the following synonyms: Jagadīśatoṣaṇ�.

3) Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�):—[nyāya] Rice. 116.

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

1) Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�):�f. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc., also] ñṣ�) a box, chest, case, basket, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

2) receptacle of or for (often ifc., rarely [in the beginning of a compound] in titles of works; also Name of various works and sometimes abridged for the fuller names, e.g. for ٳ-Բⲹ- etc.)

3) Rubia Munjista, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

4) a stone, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�):�(ṣ�) 1. f. A basket; a stone; madder; bow case of 峾.

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

Ѳñṣ� (मञ्जुष�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ѳṃjū.

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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»] � Manjusha in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Maṃjūṣ� (मंजूषा) [Also spelled manjusha]:�(nf) a casket, box, chest.

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Manjusha in Hindi refers in English to:�(nf) a casket, box, chest..—manjusha (मंजूषा) is alternatively transliterated as Maṃjūṣ�.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Ѳṃjū (मंजूसा) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ѳñṣ�.

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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»] � Manjusha in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Maṃjūṣa (ಮಂಜೂ�):�

1) [noun] a box, chest, case.

2) [noun] basket; a bushel; a crate.

3) [noun] a town; a city.

4) [noun] a detached, relatively small piece of a rock; a stone.

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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»] � Manjusha in Nepali glossary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Ѳñūṣ� (मञ्जूष�):—n. 1. box; container; casket; chest; 2. � मजिट� [ᾱṭo]

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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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