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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Manaḥkāra (मनःकार).—perfect perception, full consciousness (of pleasure or pain), mental concentration, resolution; भवन्मनस्कारलवोद्गमेन क्रमेलकानां निलयः पुरेव (bhavanmanaskāralavodgamena kramelakānāṃ nilayaḥ pureva) N.14.84. (cf. manasaḥ aikāgryakaraṇaṃ manaskāraḥ Nārayaṇa com. on N.) दिदृक्षादत्तदृष्टीनां मनस्कारमनीषयोः । सप्रीतिरससन्तोषं दिशन्तौ देहकान्तितः (didṛkṣādattadṛṣṭīnāṃ manaskāramanīṣayoḥ | saprītirasasantoṣaṃ diśantau dehakāntitaḥ) || Yādavābhyudaya 1.9.

Derivable forms: manaḥkāraḥ (मनःकारः).

Manaḥkāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms manas and kāra (कार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Manaḥkāra (मनःकार):—[=manas-kāra] [from manas > man] m. consciousness ([especially] of pleasure or pain), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] attention of the mind, [Lalita-vistara]

3) [v.s. ...] devotion (See next)

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Manas, Kara.

Starts with: Manahkaravidhi.

Full-text: Manahkaravidhi, Manasi, Manasikara.

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