Manoratha, Manas-ratha, Mano-ratha: 26 definitions
Introduction:
Manoratha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Manorath.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N腻峁瓂a-艣腻straManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�, 鈥渉int at a desire鈥�) refers to one of the thirty-six 鈥渃haracteristic features鈥� (濒补办峁峁嘺) of perfect 鈥榩oetic compositions鈥� (办腻惫测补产补苍诲丑补) and 鈥榙ramatic compositions鈥� (诲峁浥泍补办腻惫测补, or simply 办腻惫测补). According to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra chapter 17, these thirty-six 濒补办峁峁嘺s act as instructions for composing playwrights.鈥擺Description of manoratha]: Expressing one鈥檚 secret desire of the heart by a pretence of referring to somebody else鈥檚 condition, is called Indirect Expression of Desire (manoratha, lit. 鈥渙bject of the mind鈥�).
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, 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).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�).鈥擜 calf once created by 艢r墨 K峁涐梗峁嘺 by his spiritual powers. (See under Surabhi).
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�) refers to the 鈥渞each of mental conception鈥�, to which Lord 艢iva is beyond, as mentioned in the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.1.19.鈥斺�淸...] the devotee [viz., Gu峁嘺nidhi] opened his eyes and gazed at lord 艢iva, the moon-crested consort of Um腻 who was shining with a brilliance that excelled thousands of rising suns. Dazzled by the brilliance, he closed his eyes and addressed the lord of lords who is beyond the reach of mental conception (尘补苍辞谤补迟丑补-辫补诲腻迟颈苍). 鈥極 lord, please give my eyes the power to see your feet鈥�.鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Kavya (poetry)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Manoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�) refers to a 鈥渄esire鈥�, according to B腻峁嘺鈥檚 K腻dambar墨 (p. 226).鈥擳here are apparently several Tantric rites that B腻峁嘺 pejoratively associates with the priest: [...] 鈥渉e had written down the [work known as ] the 鈥楧octrine of Mah腻k腻la鈥� instructed to him by a withered Mah腻p腻艣upata mendicant鈥�; 鈥渉e was one in whom the disease of talking about [finding] treasure had arisen鈥�; 鈥渋n him the wind [disease] of alchemy had grown鈥�; 鈥渉e entertained the deluded desire (尘补苍辞谤补迟丑补-惫测腻尘辞丑别苍补) of becoming the lover of a Yak峁 maiden鈥�.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�) refers to the 鈥渕ental chariot racing鈥� (i.e., 鈥渄esires鈥�), according to the A峁ａ弓腻vakrag墨t腻 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved腻nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as A峁ａ弓avakra says to Janaka]: 鈥淸...] No sooner does a man of low intelligence give up activities like the elimination of thought than he falls into mental chariot racing (manoratha) and babble. [manorath腻npral腻p腻峁兣沜a kartum腻pnoti tatk峁峁嚹錿] A fool does not get rid of his stupidity even on hearing the truth. He may appear outwardly free from imaginations, but inside he is hankering after the senses still. [...]鈥�.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved腻nta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism1a) Manoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�) is the name of Vidy腻r腻ja (i.e., 鈥渨isdom king鈥�) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa: one of the largest Kriy腻 Tantras devoted to Ma帽ju艣r墨 (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Ma帽ju艣r墨 and were taught to and by Buddha 艢腻kyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Manoratha).
1b) Manoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�) is also the name of a Pi艣腻ca mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa.
2) 惭补苍辞谤补迟丑腻 (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ムぞ) refers to one of the female 艢r腻vakas mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa.
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鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�) refers to 鈥渨ishes鈥�, according to the 痴补箩谤补迟耻峁囜笉补蝉补尘补测补办补濒辫补谤腻箩补, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he Bhagav腻n was dwelling in the great city of V腻r腻峁嘺s墨. Providing great benefits he was teaching the Dharma to beings, namely the producer of virtue, fulfilling all hopes and wishes (蝉补谤惫补-腻艣腻-尘补苍辞谤补迟丑补-辫补谤颈辫奴谤峁嘺). [He was] in an assembly-gathering, with a great assembly of N腻gas lead by Tak峁ka. With a great assembly of Devas and humans鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah腻y腻na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽腻p腻ramit腻 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymanoratha : (m.) wish.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryManoratha refers to: desired object (lit. what pleases the mind), wish Vism. 506 (掳vigh腻ta+icch腻-vigh腻ta); 掳峁� p奴reti to fulfil one鈥檚 wish Mhvs 8, 27 (pu峁囜箛a-sabbamanoratha). 惭补苍辞谤补迟丑补-辫奴谤补峁嚹� (f.) 鈥渢he wish fulfiller鈥� is the name of the Commentary on the A峁単uttara Nik腻ya.
Note: manoratha is a Pali compound consisting of the words mano and ratha.
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P腻岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)尘补苍辞谤补迟丑补鈥�
(Burmese text): (醽�)醼呩��愥�横�♂�溼��亰 醼呩��愥�横�♂��醼坚�夺�♂�呩�娽�横亰 醼呩��愥�横�愥�贬��勧�丰�横�愥�欋�踞�亱 (醽�)醼涐�戓��羔�斸�踞�勧�丰�横�愥�搬�炨�贬�� 醼呩��愥�横亰 醼呩��愥�横�涐�戓��羔亱
(Auto-Translation): (1) Will, intention, mental patience. (2) Mind similar to a train, mind train.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav腻da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryman艒ratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�).鈥攎 (S) Purpose, design, plan, scheme, desire, wish. 2 or 尘补苍艒谤补迟丑补蝉峁涐梗峁璱 f Mental creations or fictions; pictures or phantasms of the imagination.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishman艒ratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�).鈥�m Purpose, design, wish.
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 dictionaryManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�).鈥�
1) 'the car of the mind', a wish, desire; 啶呧さ啶むぐ啶む 啶膏た啶︵啶оた啶ぅ啶� 啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啶膏啶掂ぎ啶ㄠ啶班ぅ啶膏啶啶� (avatarata岣� siddhipatha峁� 艣abda岣� svamanorathasyeva) M.1.22; 啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ムぞ啶ㄠぞ啶啶むた啶班啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶い啷� (manorath腻n腻magatirna vidyate) Kum腻rasambhava 5.64; R.2.72;12.59; 啶夃い啷嵿お啶︵啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶掂た啶侧啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶︵ぐ啶苦う啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ啶距 啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ムぞ啶� (utpadyante vil墨yante daridr腻峁嚹遽箖 manorath腻岣�) Udb.; 啶嗋ざ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶ㄠう啷� 啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ム啶侧ぞ (腻艣腻 n腻ma nad墨 manorathajal腻) 叠丑补谤迟峁沨补谤颈 3.45.
2) a desired object; 啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ムぞ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶多啶膏 (manorath腻ya n腻艣a峁僺e) 艢.7.13.
3) (in dramas) a hint, a wish expressed indirectly or covertly. 掳啶む啶む啶ぞ (迟峁泃墨测腻) Name of the third day in the bright half of Chaitra. 掳啶︵ぞ啶 (诲腻测补办补) a. fulfilling one's expectations. (-办补岣�) Name of a Kalpa-taru. 掳啶︵啶班啶 (诲谤耻尘补岣�) the god of love. 掳啶え啷嵿ぇ啶� (产补苍诲丑补岣�) cherishing or entertaining of desire. 掳啶え啷嵿ぇ啷佮 (产补苍诲丑耻岣�) the friend of (who satisfies) desires; 啶むじ啷嵿く啶� 啶さ啶距え啶た 啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ムが啶ㄠ啶оが啶ㄠ啶о啶� (tasy腻 bhav腻napi manorathabandha产补苍诲丑耻岣�) M腻lat墨m腻dhava (Bombay) 1.34. 掳啶膏た啶︵啶оた啶� (蝉颈诲诲丑颈岣�) f. fulfilment of one's desires. 掳啶膏啶粪啶熰た啶� (蝉峁涐梗峁璱岣�) f. a creation of the fancy, a castle in the air.
Derivable forms: 尘补苍辞谤补迟丑补岣� (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ム).
Manoratha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms manas and ratha (啶班ぅ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�).鈥攏ame of a pi艣腻ca: (膧谤测补-)惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨尘奴濒补办补濒辫补 18.5.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�).鈥攎.
(-迟丑补岣�) 1. Wish, desire. 2. A desired object. 3. A wish expressed indirectly, (in drama.) E. manas the heart, and ratha vehicle.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�).鈥攎. wish, desire, [Vikramorva艣墨, (ed. Bollensen.)] 13, 20.
Manoratha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms manas and ratha (啶班ぅ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�).鈥擺masculine] wish, desire, fancy (lit. heart鈥檚 joy).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Manoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攁 contemporary of 膧nandavardhana. Quoted in Dhvany腻lokalocana.
2) Manoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�):鈥攁 poet under Jay腻p墨岣峚. R腻jatarangi峁嚹� 4, 496. [Subh腻shit腻vali by Vallabhadeva]
3) Manoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�):鈥攆ather of Mahe艣vara (V峁泃ta艣ataka). Peters. 2, 131.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Manoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�):鈥擺=mano-ratha] [from mano > man] a m. (ifc. f(腻). ) 鈥榟eart鈥檚 joy鈥� (See 2. ratha), a wish, desire (also = desired object), [Mah腻bh腻rata; K腻vya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] fancy, illusion, [艢a峁僰ar腻c腻rya]
3) [v.s. ...] (in [dramatic language]) a wish expressed in an indirect manner, hint, [S腻hitya-darpa峁嘺]
4) [v.s. ...] the heart compared to a car (See 1. ratha), [R腻m腻ya峁嘺]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a teacher, [Buddhist literature]
6) [v.s. ...] of a poet, [Catalogue(s)]
7) [v.s. ...] of various men, [R腻jatara峁単i峁嚹玗
8) [v.s. ...] b [according to] to some [originally] Pr腻k峁泃 for manortha, 鈥榟eart-matter鈥�
9) 惭补苍辞谤补迟丑腻 (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ムぞ):鈥擺=mano-rath腻] [from mano-ratha > mano > man] f. Name of a woman (= -prabh腻), [Kath腻sarits腻gara]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�):鈥擺mano-ratha] (迟丑补岣�) 1. m. Wish, desire.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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 dictionaryManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�) [Also spelled manorath]:鈥�(nm) desire, wish; longing; -[siddhi] gratification, fulfilment of a desire.
...
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMan艒ratha (嗖波喑嬥舶嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖波喑嬥箔嗖苦膊嗖粪部嗖� [manobhilashita]2.
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 DictionaryManoratha (啶え啷嬥ぐ啶�):鈥攏. heart-felt wish; cherished purpose or aim;
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)
Partial matches: Manas, Ratha, Mana, Asita.
Starts with (+4): Manoratamuttirai, Manorathabandha, Manorathabandhabandhu, Manorathabhanjana, Manorathadayaka, Manorathadruma, Manorathadvadashi, Manorathakrita, Manorathakusuma, Manorathamaya, Manorathantara, Manorathapadati, Manorathapadatin, Manorathaparipurana, Manorathapatha, Manorathaprabha, Manorathapurana, Manorathapurani, Manorathasiddha, Manorathasrishti.
Full-text (+67): Bhagnamanoratha, Manorathaprabha, Manorathadvadashi, Manorathatirtha, Manorathadayaka, Manorathatritiya, Praptamanoratha, Manorathasiddha, Manorathasiddhi, Manorathamaya, Anadhigatamanoratha, Samagamamanoratha, Manorathakrita, Manorathasrishti, Manorathadruma, Maramanoratha, Manorathakusuma, Manorathabandha, Nipphannamanoratha, Sajjanamanoratha.
Relevant text
Search found 46 books and stories containing Manoratha, Manas-ratha, Mana-attha, 惭补苍辞谤补迟丑腻, Mano-ratha, Mano-rath腻, Man艒ratha, Manas-rath腻, Manas-ratha; (plurals include: Manorathas, rathas, atthas, 惭补苍辞谤补迟丑腻s, rath腻s, Man艒rathas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.19.21 < [Chapter 19 - The Festival on 艢r墨 K峁涐梗峁嘺 Return]
Verse 1.13.33 < [Chapter 13 - The Liberation of P奴tan腻]
Verse 2.18.36 < [Chapter 18 - The Sight of 艢r墨 K峁涐梗峁嘺candra]
Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latik腻 (by Sarasvati Thkura)
Text 9 < [Second Stabaka]
Abhijnana Sakuntala (with Katayavema commentary) (by C. Sankara Rama Sastri)
Chapter 7 - Sanskrit text (saptama-anka) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]
Chapter 1 - Sanskrit text (prathama-anka) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]
Chapter 2 - Sanskrit text (dvitiya-anka) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 90 - The Powers of the Holy Places < [Section 2 - Bh奴mi-kha峁囜笉a (section on the earth)]
Chapter 87 - A Hundred Names of Vi峁ａ箛u < [Section 2 - Bh奴mi-kha峁囜笉a (section on the earth)]
Chapter 96 - Deeds Leading to Hell and Heaven < [Section 5 - P腻t腻la-Kha峁囜笉a (Section on the Nether World)]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 14 - Other features of the Samudramanthana < [Chapter 6 - Samavak腻ra (critical study)]
Part 11 - Technical Aspects of a Samavak腻ra < [Chapter 6 - Samavak腻ra (critical study)]
Part 7 - Characters in the Mudritakumudacandra < [Chapter 10 - Prakara峁嘺 (critical study)]
Alankara Sastra (English study) (by V. Raghavan)
7. Table of the Lakshanas in the various lists < [Chapter 1 - The history of Lakshana (poetic adornments)]
1. Introduction and the list of 36 Lakshanas < [Chapter 1 - The history of Lakshana (poetic adornments)]
6. Bharata鈥檚 view of the concept of Lakshana < [Chapter 1 - The history of Lakshana (poetic adornments)]