As a deity name
Name 461 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
मनोहर · adj
मन हरनेवाला । चित्त को आकर्षित करनेवाला · सुंदर । मनोज्ञ — Śabdasāgara
मनोहर · noun · masculine
छप्पय छंद के एक भेद का नाम, जिसमें १३ गुरु, १२६ लघु, १४९ वर्ण और १५२ मात्राएँ अथवा १३ गुरु, १२२ लघु, १३५ वर्णा और १४८ मात्राएँ होती है · एक संकर रोग का नाम जो गौरी, मारवा और त्रिवण के मिलने से बना है · कुंद पुष्प — Śabdasāgara
मनोहर · mano-har · adj.
See s.v. manas — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1081
मनोहर · masculine
a male given name, Manohar, from Sanskrit
मनोहर
charming, beautiful, lovely
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मनोहर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मनोहर (manohara).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mano—hara mf(ā or ī)n. ‘heart-stealing’, taking the fancy, fascinating, attractive, charming, beautiful, Mn.; MBh. &c.
Jasminum Multiflorum or Pubescens, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
āī ‘heart-stealing’, taking the fancy, fascinating, attractive, charming, beautiful, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "manohara" is the vocative of "manoharā" — 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
mano—hara mf(ā or ī)n. ‘heart-stealing’, taking the fancy, fascinating, attractive, charming, beautiful, Mn.; MBh. &c.
Jasminum Multiflorum or Pubescens, L.
the third day of the civil month (karma-māsa), Sūryapr.
N. of a poet, Cat.
of a wk. ib.
mano—harā f. yellow jasmine or Jasminum Grandiflorum, L.
N. of an Apsaras, MBh.
Alternative readings
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