मन्यते
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yo-, from *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬉 (maniietē), Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai), Old Church Slavonic мьнѣти (mĭněti).
Verb
मन्यते • (mányate) (root मन्, class 4, type A)[1]
- to think, believe, imagine, suppose, conjecture
- to regard or consider anyone or anything (accusative) as
- to think oneself or be thought to be, appear as, pass for
- to be of opinion, think fit or right
- to agree or be of the same opinion with
- to set the heart or mind on, honour, esteem, hope or wish for
- to think of (in prayer etc., either "to remember, meditate on", or "mention, declare", or "excogitate, invent"), ponder
- to perceive, observe, learn, know, understand, comprehend
- to offer, present
- (causative) to honour, esteem, value highly
- (desiderative) to reflect upon, consider, examine, investigate
- (desiderative) to cali in question, doubt ("with regard to" +locative)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀜𑀢𑁂 (maṃñate) (Girnar); 𐨨𐨙𐨟𐨁 (mañati) (Shāhbāzgarhi, Mansehra)
- Gandhari: 𐨨𐨙𐨯𐨹𐨁 (mañas̱i)
- Pali: maññati
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mányatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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