Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

manīṣin मनीषिन् – sage; wise person

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

sage; wise person

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

manīṣín ·a. thoughtful, wise, devout.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Manīṣin, ī, iṇī, i, thoughtful, intelligent, wise, sage, sagacious, prudent, (ku-manīṣin, ī, iṇī, i, having little wisdom, stupid); (Ved.) offering prayers or hymns, praying, praising; (ī), m. a singer, a priest (Ved.); a Paṇḍit, learned Brāhman, teacher, instructor.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

manīṣín (wie eben) adj. 1〉 nachdenkend, verständig, weise NAIGH. 3,15. AK. 2,7,5. H. 341. HALĀY. 2,177. ṚV. 2,21,5. brāhmaṇa ṚV. 1,164,45. ṚV. 9,72,6. die Marut ṚV. 5,57,2. Indra AV. 8,5,3. ṛṣi AV. 8,5,8. VS. 19,80. VS. 34,2. Soma ṚV. 2,19,1. ṚV. 9,96,8. — KAṬHOP. 3,4. M. 1,17. M. 2,14. M. 2,89. M. 2,190. M. 3,182. BHAG. 2,51. MBH. 3,15708. MBH. 12,13619. MBH. 15,1040. R. 2,47,3. RAGH. 1,11. RAGH. 1,25. RAGH. 3,44. KUMĀRAS. 1,28. KUMĀRAS. 5,39. Spr. 641. Spr. 1964. Spr. 2295. Spr. 2689. Spr. 2843. Spr. 4516. MĀRK. P. 18,57. Schol. zu AV. PRĀT. 4,35. AV. PRĀT. S. 261 (I, 1) ŚRUT. 24 (wo manīṣiṇā instr. und viparītapūrvā Name des Metrums ist). Vgl. ku˚. — 2〉 Andacht darbringend, betend, lobend ṚV. 1,182,1. ṚV. 3,10,1. bhūrì manī̱ṣī hàvate̱ tvāmit ṚV. 7,22,6. ṚV. 8,5,16. ṚV. 8,14,2. ṚV. 8,43,19. ṚV. 8,44,19. ṚV. 9,64,13. ṚV. 10,63,17. avī̀vaśanta ma̱tibhìrmanī̱ṣiṇàḥ ṚV. 10,64,15.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

manīṣin Sp. 526, Z. 4. 5 manīṣiṇā ist trotz der absonderlichen Form der Name des Metrums, das auch buddhi heisst. Man könnte manīṣikā vermuthen.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

manīṣín — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 nachdenkend, verständig, weise. — b〉 Andacht darbringend, betend, lobend. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Fürsten VP. 24,174.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

manīṣin a. [manīṣa-ini] 1 Wise, learned, intelligent, clever, thoughtful, prudent; R. 1. 25. 2 Ved. Praying, praising. — m. 1 A wise or learned person, a sage, a paṇḍit; mānanīyo manīṣiṇāṃ R. 1. 11; saṃskāravatyeva girā manīṣī Ku. 1. 28, Ku. 5. 39; R. 3. 44. 2 Ved. A singer, praiser.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

manīṣín weise, verständig, sinnig, andächtig.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

manīṣin a. doué d'intelligence, pensant; sage, prudent, savant. — S. m. un pandit, un savant brâhmane.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.103-3.107*2: Conclusion of the Mudrā Teaching 1 occurrence

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IVU 1 occurrence
IVU 8: The Bodiless Self 1 occurrence

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