As a deity name
Name 877 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
मानसी · noun · feminine
मानस पूजा । वह पूजा जो मन ही मन की जाय · पुराणानुसार एक विद्या देवी का नाम — Śabdasāgara
मानसी · adj
मन का । मन से उत्पन्न — Śabdasāgara
मानसी · feminine
a female given name, Manasi, from Sanskrit
मानसी · feminine
psychic, mental, intellectual
Cited formation "मानसी" is मानस + -ई: मानस means "mental", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "मानसी" is मानस + -ई: मानस means "mental", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मानसी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मानसी (mānasī). By surface analysis, मानस (mānasa) + -ई (-ī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mānasī (ī), f. (with pūja) mental or spiritual devotion (opp. to mūrti-p˚, adoration of images), RTL. 524
N. of a Kiṃ-narī, Kāraṇḍ.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(with pūja) mental or spiritual devotion (opp. to mūrti-p˚, adoration of images)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mānasī" is the feminine form of "mānasa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
mānasī (ī), f. (with pūja) mental or spiritual devotion (opp. to mūrti-p˚, adoration of images), RTL. 524
N. of a Kiṃ-narī, Kāraṇḍ.
of a Vidyā-devī, L.
mānasa mf(ī, once ā)n. (fr. manas) belonging to the mind or spirit, mental, spiritual (opp. to śārīra, corporeal), VS. &c. &c.
expressed only in the mind, performed in thought i.e. silent, tacit (as a hymn or prayer), ŚrS.; Mn.; MBh.
Alternative readings
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