As a deity name
Name 214 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
मानना
to accept, agree; to acknowledge; to suppose, imagine; to respect, accept one's authority
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
to accept, agree (a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit मन्यते; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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