The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

to Childers. Kern, Toev. s. v. hesitates and only comes half near the truth. The Index to Pj. marks the word
with? S i.57 (+dh"ra; trsln "firm in doctrine"); Sn 159 ("in truth," opp. to mus!; SnA 204 explns
m.=paññ!; t!ya paricchinditv! bh!sati), 916 (mant! asm" ti, expld at SnA 562 by "mant!ya"), 1040=1042
(=Nd2 497 mant! vuccati paññ! etc.); Vv 636 (expld as j!nitv! paññ!ya paricchinditv! VvA 262). --
Besides this form we have a shortened manta (nom.) at Sn 455 (akiñcano+), which is expld at SnA 402 as
mant! j!nitv!. It is to be noted that for manta -- bh!*in at Sn 850 the Nd1 219 reads mant! and expls
customarily by "mant!ya pariggahetv! v!ca' bh!sati."
Mantita
Mantita [pp. of manteti] 1. considered Th 1, 9; Miln 91. -- 2. advised, given as counsel J vi.438; DA i.273.
Mantin
Mantin (adj. -- n.) [fr. manta] 1. (adj.) giving or observing counsel S i.236. -- 2. (n.) counsellor, minister J
vi.437 (pa*.ita m.).
Manteti
Manteti [cp. Vedic mantrayati; mant is given at Dhtp in meaning of gutta -- bh!sana, i. e. "secret talk"] to
pronounce in an important (because secret) manner (like a mantra), i. e. 1. to take counsel (with=instr. or
saddhi') D i.94, 104 (mantana' manteyya to discuss) 122 (2nd pl. imper. mantavho, as compared with
mantayavho J ii.107 besides mantavho ibid. Cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 126); ii.87, 239; Vin iv.308 (mantesu'
aor.; perhaps "plotted"); Sn p. 107 (= talk privately to); Sn 379; J i.144; vi.525 (mantayitv!na ger.); DA
i.263 (imper. mantayatha); PvA 74 (aor. mantayi'su). -- 2. to consider, to think over, to be of opinion A
i.199 (Pot. mantaye); Miln 91 (grd. mantayitabba & inf. mantayitu'). -- 3. to announce, advise; pronounce,
advise Sn 126; Pv iv.120 (=kathemi kittay!mi PvA 225); SnA 169. -- pp. mantita. -- Cp. !˚.
-- 523 --
Mantha
Mantha [fr. math] a churning stick, a sort of rice -- cake (=satthu) Vin i.4, [cp. Vedic mantha "Rührtrank"=
homeric kukew/n "Gerstenmehl in Milch verrührt," Zimmer, Altind. Leben 268].
Manda
Manda (adj.) [cp. late -- Vedic & Epic manda] 1. slow, lazy, indolent; mostly with ref. to the intellectual
faculties, therefore: dull, stupid, slow of grasp, ignorant, foolish M i.520 (+momuha); Sn 666, 820
(=mom(ha Nd1 153), 1051 (=moh! avidv! etc. Nd2 498); Dh 325 (=amanasik!r! manda -- pañña DhA
iv.17); J iv.221; Pug 65, 69; KhA 53, 54. -- 2. slow, yielding little result, unprofitable (of udaka, water, with
respect to fish; and gocara, feeding on fishes) J i.221. -- 3. [in this meaning probably=Vedic mandra
"pleasant, pleasing," although Hal!yudha gives mand!k+a as "bashful"] soft, tender (with ref. to eyes),
lovely, in cpds. ˚akkhin having lovely (soft) eyes J iii.190; and ˚locana id. Th 2, 375 (kinnari --
manda˚=manda -- puthu -- vilocana ThA 253); Pv i.115 (miga -- manda˚=mig" viya mand' akkh" PvA 57);
Vv 6411 (miga -- m˚=miga -- cch!pik!na' viya mudu siniddha -- di&&hi -- nip!ta). -- 4. In cpd. picu (or
puci˚) manda the Nimb tree, it means "tree" (?) see picu -- manda & puci -- manda. -- 5. In composition
with bh( it assumes the form mand"˚, e. g. mand"bh(ta slowed down, enfeebled, diminished J i.228; VbhA
157. -- val!hak! a class of fairies or demi -- gods D ii.259 ("fragile spirits of the clouds" trsl.).
Mandaka
Mandaka [?] according to Kern, Toev. s. v.=*mandra (of sound: deep, bass)+ka; a sort of drum J vi.580.