manas

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[apte] n. [manyate'nena, man karaṇe asun] 1 The mind, heart, understanding, perception, intelligence; as in sumanas, durmanas &c --2 (In phil.) The mind or internal organ of perception and cognition, the instrument by which objects of sense affect the soul; (in Nyāya phil. manas is regarded as a Dravya or substance, and is distinct from ātman or the soul); tadeva su- khaduḥkhādyupalabdhisādhanamiṃdriyaṃ pratijīvaṃ...

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n. [manyate'nena, man karaṇe asun] 1 The mind, heart, understanding, perception, intelligence; as in sumanas, durmanas &c --2 (In phil.) The mind or internal organ of perception...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

4,869

Texts Appeared In

176

DCS: a furious or ruttish elephant; name of an author

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 1,477 30.3%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 193 4.0%
3. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 165 3.4%
4. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 124 2.5%
5. Liṅgapurāṇa 118 2.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: manas

  rajasā strī manoduṣṭā saṃnyāsena dvijottamāḥ

• Manusmṛti surface: manaḥ

  adbhir gātrāṇi śudhyanti manaḥ satyena śudhyati

• Manusmṛti surface: manaḥ

  jñānaṃ tapo 'gnir āhāro mṛnmano vāry upāñjanam