Manki, Maṅki, Māṅki, Mamki: 8 definitions
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Manki means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Maṅki (मङ्कि).—A great sage. It was Bhīṣma, while he was lying on his bed of arrows who narrated the story of this sage. Maṅki was an aspirant of worldly things and once he got two bullocks. He was ploughing with them one day when a camel came and carried them away. Disappointed he came to the āśrama and lamented deeply over it. This lamentation became known later as the famous Maṅkigītā. By the time the gītā reached its end the mind of the sage was changed and he became one bereft of all worldly desires and he acquired mokṣa. (Chapter 177, Śānti Parva).
2) Maṅki (मङ्कि).—A sage who lived in Tretāyuga. He was the son of Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa and was a Vaiṣṇavite of great virtue. This sage had two wives named Surūpā and Virūpā. Both had no sons and as per the advice of his guru he went to Sabarmatītaṭa and did penance there. After several years of rigorous austerities he got very many children. The place where Maṅkimaharṣi sat and did penance was known later as Maṅkitīrtha. It is also called Saptasārasvata. In Dvāparayuga the Pāṇḍavas visited the place and gave it the name Saptadhāra also. (Uttara Khaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Māṅki (माङ्कि) or Māṅkigītā refers to one of the sixty-four Gītās commonly referred to in Hindu scriptures.—Gītā is the name given to certain sacred writings in verse (often in the form of a dialogue) which are devoted to the exposition of particular religious and theosophical doctrines. Most of these Gītās [i.e., Māṅki-gītā] originate from the Mahābhārata or the various Purāṇas.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Maṅki (मङ्कि).—[masculine] [Name] of a man.
Maṅki (मङ्कि):—m. Name of a man, [Mahābhārata]
Maṅki (मङ्कि):—m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Mahābhārata 12,6589. fgg.] [Oxforder Handschriften.5,b,21.]
Maṅki (मङ्कि):—m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Maṃki (ಮಂಕಿ):—[noun] a foolish, stupid woman; a dolt; a blockhead.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Maamki is another spelling for मामकी [māmakī].—n. (Buddhism) one of Panchatara (पञ्चतारा [pañcatārā] ); the wife of Ratsambhav and mother of Ratnapani;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Mamkia, Mangini, Mankicam, Mankicapeti, Mankigita, Mankila, Mankilam, Mankilanku, Mankinaru, Mankirai, Mankishaccilai, Mankisham, Mankishapatcini, Mankishavacakan, Mankita, Mankitanku.
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Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)
Verse 338: Agastya—A Pervasive Light < [Tantra Two (irantam tantiram) (verses 337-548)]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 203 - Greatness of Maṅkīśvara (Maṅkī-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 25 - Greatness of Pindāraka Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Arbuda-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 317 - Greatness of Kaṇṭakaśoṣaṇī (Kaṇṭaka-śoṣaṇī) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 143 - Ekadhāra and Saptadhāra-tīrtha < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Samkhya thoughts in the Mahabharata (by Shini M.V.)
Maṅki-gītā (Summary) < [Chapter 3 - The Philosophical Tenets in the Śānti-parva]
Resume < [Chapter 3 - The Philosophical Tenets in the Śānti-parva]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 83 < [Volume 10 (1890)]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XXIV - Indifference or insouciance of manki to worldliness < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XXIII - Story of a pious brahman and his nirvana extinction < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XXVI - Manki's attainment of final extinction or nirvána. < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]