As a deity name
Name 473 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
in the mind; in thought or imagination; with all the heart, willingly
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "manase" is the nominative dual of "manasā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "manase" is the locative of "manasa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "manase" is the dative of "manas" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
manasā ind., in the mind; in thought or imagination; with all the heart, willingly
manasā f. See 1. manasā
manasa m. N. of a Ṛṣi, RV. v, 44, 10 (Sāy.)
manasa n. (ifc., with f(ā). ) = manas, mind, heart, PārGṛ.; MBh. &c.
manas n. mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will, RV. &c. &c. (in phil. the internal organ or antaḥ-karaṇa of perception and cognition, the faculty or instrument through which thoughts enter or by which objects of sense affect the soul, IW. 53; in this sense manas is always regarded as distinct from ātman and puruṣa, ‘spirit or soul’ and belonging only to the body, like which it is — except in the Nyāya — considered perishable; as to its position in the various systems See for Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika, IW. 63; 67; 76, for Sāṃkhya and Vedānta, ib. 84; 109; 117; in RV. it is sometimes joined with hṛd or hṛdaya, the heart, Mn. vii, 6 with cakṣus, the eye)
the spirit or spiritual principle, the breath or living soul which escapes from the body at death (called asu in animals; cf. above), ib.
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