# मनस्
## Hindi
### Alternative forms

* मनः (manaḥ)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मनस् (mánas). Doublet of मन (man).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mə.nəs/, [mɐ.nɐs]

### Noun

मनस् • (manas) m (rare, formal, chiefly in compounds)
* the mind
    Synonyms: मन (man), जी (jī), दिल (dil), चित्त (citt)
* intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience
* will, wish, desire
    Synonyms: इच्छा (icchā), कामना (kāmnā), अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मनः”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

### Further reading

* Platts, John T. (1884) “मनस्”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* manas (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* মনস্ (Bengali script)
* මනස් (Sinhalese script)
* မနသ် or မၼသ် (Burmese script)
* มนสฺ or มะนัส (Thai script)
* ᨾᨶᩈ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
* ມນສ຺ or ມະນັສ (Lao script)
* មនស៑ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄚𑄥𑄴 (Chakma script)

### Noun

मनस् m
* Devanagari script form of manas

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মনস্ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
* মনস্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* မနသ် (Burmese script)
* મનસ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಮನಸ್ (Kannada script)
* មនស៑ (Khmer script)
* ມນສ຺ (Lao script)
* മനസ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
* ମନସ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
* මනස් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
* மநஸ் (Tamil script)
* మనస్ (Telugu script)
* มนสฺ (Thai script)
* མ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mánas (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ménos (“mind”), from *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵 (manah), Old Persian 𐎶𐎴𐏃 (m-n-h /⁠manah⁠/), Latin mēns, Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), and English mind. Equivalent to मन् (man, "to think", root) +‎ -अस् (-as).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ́.nɐs/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɐ.n̪ɐs̪/

### Noun

मनस् • (mánas) stem, n
* mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.61.6-7:उ॒त त्वा॒ स्त्री शशी॑यसी पुं॒सो भ॑वति॒ वस्य॑सी । अदे॑वत्रादरा॒धसः॑ ॥ वि या जा॒नाति॒ जसु॑रिं॒ वि तृष्य॑न्तं॒ वि का॒मिन॑म् । दे॒व॒त्रा कृ॑णु॒ते मनः॑ ॥utá tvā strī́ śáśīyasī puṃsó bhavati vásyasī. ádevatrādarādhásaḥ. ví yā́ jānā́ti jásuriṃ ví tṛ́ṣyantaṃ ví kāmínam. devatrā́ kṛṇuté mánaḥ.Yea, many a woman is more firm and better than the man who turns away from Gods, and does not worship. She who discerns the weak and worn and the man who thirsts and is in want She sets her mind upon the Gods.
* the spirit or spiritual principle, the breath or living soul which escapes from the body at death
* thought, imagination, excogitation, invention, reflection, opinion, intention, inclination, affection, desire, mood, temper, spirit
* name of the 26th kalpa

#### Derived terms

* मनस्वत् (mánasvat)
* मनस्विन् (manasvín)
* मानस (mānasá)

#### Descendants

* Pali: manas
** → Burmese: မနော (ma.nau:)
** → Thai: มโน (má-noo)
** → Thai: มน (mon)
* Prakrit: 𑀫𑀡 (maṇa) (see there for further descendants)
* → Hindi: मनस् (manas)
* → Kannada: ಮನಸ್ಸು (manassu), ಮನಸು (manasu), ಮನ (mana)
* → Tamil: மனசு (maṉacu), மனது (maṉatu), மனம் (maṉam)
* → Telugu: మనసు (manasu)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 783/3, 784/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 307-8