As a deity name
Name 310 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 420 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 749 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
मान्य · adj
[वि॰ स्त्री॰ मान्या] · मानने योग्य । माननीय · आदर के योग्य । समान के योग्य । पूजनीय । पूज्य — Śabdasāgara
मान्य · noun · masculine
विष्णु · शिव । महादेव · मैत्रावरुण — Śabdasāgara
मान्य · mānya · adj.
(f. -ā), To be honoured or respected; worthy of honour; honourable, venerable, estimable, respectable; to be believed or credited, credible — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 986
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be respected or honoured, worthy of honour, respectable, venerable, &c.
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Dictionary citations
mānya mfn. to be respected or honoured, worthy of honour, respectable, venerable, Mn.; MBh. &c.
mānya m. patr. fr. 1. māna, RV. i, 163, 14, &c.
N. of Maitrāvaruṇi (author of RV. viii, 67), RAnukr.
mānya See p. 809, col. 3.
mānya pot. p. [mān arcāyāṃ karmaṇi ṇyat] 1 To be revered or respected; ahamapi tava mānyā hetubhistaiśca taiśca Māl. 6. 26. 2 Respectable, honourable, venerable: R. 2. 44; Y. 1. 111.
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