Munati, Mu-na-ti, Muna-a-ti, Munāti: 4 definitions

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Munati means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

munāti : (mum + a) knows; understands.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Munāti, (=manyate, prob. corresponding to Sk. med. manute, with inversion *munati and analogy formation after jānāti as munāti, may be in allusion to Sk. mṛṇāti of mṛ to crush, or also mināti to measure out or fathom. The Dhtm 589 gives as root mun in meaning “ñāṇa. ” The word is more a Com. word than anything else, formed from muni & in order to explain it) to be a wise man or muni, to think, ponder, to know Dh. 269 (yo munāti ubho loke munī tena pavuccati), which is explained at DhA. III, 396 as follows: “yo puggalo ... tulaṃ āropetvā minanto viya ime ajjhattikā khandhā ime bāhirā ti ādinā nayena ime ubho pi atthe mināti munī tena pavuccati. ” Note. The word occurs also in Māgadhī (Prk.) as muṇaï which as Pischel (Prk. Gr. § 489) remarks, is usually taken to man, but against this speaks its meaning “to know” & Pāli munāti. He compares maṇaï with Vedic mūta in kāma-mūta (driven by kāma; mūta=pp. of =mīv) and Sk. muni. Cp. animo movere. (Page 538)

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) munati (မုနတိ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[muna+a+ti.nīti,dhā.117]
[မုန+အ+တိ။နီတိ၊ဓာ။၁၁၇]

2) munāti (မုနာတိ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[mū+nā+ti.muna+nā+ti.nīti,dhā.13va,251.]
[မူ+နာ+တိ။မုန+နာ+တိ။နီတိ၊ ဓာ။၁၃ဝ၊၂၅၁။]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

1) munati—

(Burmese text): သိ၏။

(Auto-Translation): I know.

2) munāti—

(Burmese text): (၁)ဖွဲ့၏။(၂)သိ၏။

(Auto-Translation): (1) To form. (2) To know.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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