As a deity name
Name 657 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 926 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 748 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
मानना
to accept, agree; to acknowledge; to suppose, imagine; to respect, accept one's authority
Śabdasāgara also records: विष्णु · वह व्यक्ति जो संमान वा आदर दे । प्रतिष्ठा देनेवाला । प्रेयतम
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit मन्यते — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set मानना (mānnā) मनाना (manānā) मनवाना (manvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétor Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay Sanskrit मन्यते (manyate) Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀇 (maṇṇaï) Hindi मानना I…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
destroying arrogance or pride
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mānada" is the vocative of "mānadā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. māna—da mfn. (√ dā) giving or showing honour (esp. voc. sg., ‘honour-giver’ in respectful address), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
māna—da m. a mystical N. of the letter ā, RāmatUp.
māna—da m. pl. N. of a people, MārkP.
māna—da n. (scil. astra) N. of a partic. magical weapon, R.
2. māna—da mfn. (√ do) destroying arrogance or pride, MW.
māna—dā (ā), f. the second Kalā or digit of the moon, Cat.
Alternative readings
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