The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

the discourse by S. Z. Aung. Cpd. 256 -- 59, with Mrs. Rh. D.'s apt remarks on p. 259. -- The position of
manas among the 6 !yatanas (or indriyas) is one of control over the other 5 (pure and simple senses). This
is expressed e. g. at M i.295 (commented on at DhsA 72) and S v.217 (mano nesa' gocara -- visaya'
paccanubhoti: mano enjoys the function -- spheres of the other senses; cp. Geiger, Dhamma 81; as in the
S!nkhya: Garbe, S!nkhya Philosophie 252 sq.). Cp. Vin i.36; "ettha ca te mano na ramittha r(pesu saddesu
atho rasesu." -- 3. As regards the relation of manas to citta, it may be stated, that citta is more substantial
(as indicated by translation "heart"), more elemental as the seat of emotion, whereas manas is the finer
element, a subtler feeling or thinking as such. See also citta2 I., and on rel. to viññ!*a & citta see citta2 IV.
2b. In the more popular opinion and general phraseology however manas is almost synonymous with citta
as opposed to body, citta' iti pi mano iti pi S ii.94. So in the triad "thought (i. e. intention) speech and
action" manas interchanges with citta: see k!ya III. -- The formula runs k!yena v!c!ya manas!, e. g. M
iii.178 (sucarita' caritv!); Dh 391 (natthi dukka&a'), cp. Dh 96; santa' tassa mana', sant! v!c! ca kamma
ca. Besides with citta: k!yena v!c!ya uda cetas! S i.93, 102; A i.63. rakkhitena k. v!c!ya cittena S ii.231;
iv.112. -- It is further combd with citta in the scholastic (popular) definition of manas, found in identical
words at all Cy. passages:
-- 521 --
"mano" is "citta' mano m!nasa' hadaya', pa*.ara', man -- !yatana' . . . mano -- viññ!na -- dh!tu" (mind
sensibility). Thus e. g. at Nd1 3 (for mano), 176 (id.); Nd2 494 (which however leaves out citta' in
exegesis of Sn 1142, 1413, but has it in No. 495 in exegesis of Sn 1039); Dhs 6 (in defn of citta), 17 (of
man' indriya'), 65 (of man -- !yatana'), 68 (of mano -- viññ*a -- dh!tu). The close relation between the
two appears further from their combn in the formula of the !desan! -- p!&ih!riya' (wonder of manifestation,
i. e. the discovery of other peoples' thoughts & intentions), viz. evam pi te mano ittham pi te mano iti pi te
citta': "so & so is in your mind . . . so & so are your emotions"; D i.213= iii.103=A i.170. -- At S i.53 both
are mutually influenced in their state of unsteadiness and fear: nicca' utrasta' ida' citta' (heart), nicca'
ubbigga' ida' mano (mind). The same relation (citta as instrument or manifestation of mano) is evident
from J i.36, where the passage runs: s"ho citta' pas!desi. Satth! tassa mana' oloketva vy!k!si . . . At PvA
264 mano (of Pv iv.71) is expld by citta'; p"ti mano of Sn 766 (glad of heart) expld at SnA 512 by santu&&ha
-- citto; nibb!namanaso of Sn 942 at SnA 567 by nibb!na -- ninna -- citto. In the phrase yath! -- manena
"from his heart," i. e. sincerely, voluntarily DhA i.42, mano clearly acts as citta. -- 4. Phrases: mana'
upp!deti to make up one's mind, to resolve DhA ii.140 (cp. citt' upp!da); mana' karoti: (a) to fix one's mind
upon, to give thought to, find pleasure or to delight in (loc.) J iv.223 (r(pe na mana' kare=itthi -- r(pe
nimitta' na ga*heyy!si C. Cp. the similar & usual manasi -- karoti in same sense); vi.45 (Pass. g"te karute
mano); (b) to make up one's mind DhA ii.87; mana' ga'h!ti to "take the mind," take the fancy, to please, to
win approval J iv.132; DhA ii.48. -- III. ˚mana: dhamm -- uddhacca -- viggahita˚ A ii.157 (read ˚mano for
˚man!); sankili&&ha -- man! nar! Th 2, 344; atta˚ pleased; gedhita˚ greedy Pv ii.82; dum˚ depressed in mind,
sad or sick at heart D ii.148; S i.103; Vin i.21; A ii.59, 61, 198; Th 2, 484; J i.189; opp. sumana elated,
joyful Pv ii.948 (=somanassaj!ta PvA 132); p"ti˚ glad or joyful of heart Sn 766 (expld by tu&&ha -- mano,
ha&&ha -- mano, attamano etc. at Nd1 3; by santu&&ha -- citto at SnA 512). -- IV. manasi -- karoti (etc.) to fix
the mind intently, to bear in mind, take to heart, ponder, think upon, consider, recognise. -- 1. (v.) pres. 1st
pl. ˚karoma Vin i.103; imper. 2nd sg. ˚karohi, often in formula "su*!hi s!dhuka' m. -- k." "harken and pay
attention" D i.124, 157, 249; cp. M. i.7; A i.227; pl. 2nd ˚karotha A i.171; D i.214 (+vitakketha); Pot.
˚kareyy!tha D i.90 (ta' attha' s!dhuka' k.); ppr. ˚karonto DhsA 207; ger. ˚katv! A ii.116 (a&&hikatv!+. . .
ohitasoto su*!ti); Pv iii.25 (a˚=an!vajjetv! PvA 181); VvA 87, 92; PvA 62; grd. ˚k!tabba Vism 244, 278;
DhsA 205; aor. manas -- âk!si M ii.61; 2nd pl. (Prohib.) (m!) manasâkattha D i.214; A i.171. Pass. manasi
-- kar"yati Vism 284. -- 2. (n.) manasik!ra attention, pondering, fixed thought (cp. Cpd. 12, 28, 40, 282) D
iii.104, 108 sq., 112, 227 (yoniso), 273 (ayoniso); M i.296; S ii.3 (cetan! phasso m.); iv.297 (sabba --
nimitt!na' a˚ inattention to all outward signs of allurement); Nd1 501 (ayoniso); Vbh 320, 325, 373
(yoniso), 425; Vism 241 (pa&ik(la˚); VbhA 148 (ayoniso), 248 sq. (as regards the 32 !k!ras), 251
(pa&ikk(la˚), 255 (n'âtis"ghato etc.), 270 (ayoniso), 500; DhA ii.87 (pa&ikkula˚); DhsA 133. -- samm!
manasik!ra' anv!ya by careful pondering D i.13, 18#. As adj. (thoughtful) at ThA 273. -- The defn of m. at
Vism 466 runs as follows: "kiriy! -- k!ro, manamhi k!ro m. purima -- manato visadisa' mana' karot" ti pi
m. Sv!ya': !ramma*a -- pa&ip!dako v"thi -- pa&ip!dako javana -- p.˚ ti ti -- ppak!ro." -- Cpds.: -- kusalat!
proficiency in attention D iii.211; -- kosalla id. VbhA 56 (in detail), 224, 226 sq.; Vism 241 (tenfold), 243