Manasvini, Manasvinī: 4 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaManasvinī (मनस्विनी).—A daughter of Dakṣaprajāpati. She became the wife of Dharmarāja. Candra was born of this Manasvinī. (Śloka 19, Chapter 66, Vana Parva).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Manasvinī (मनस्विनी).—(River) from lake Varcovan. (Sāyana, Vāyu-purāṇa.).*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 18. 66; Vāyu-purāṇa 47. 63.
1b) A daughter of Uttānapāda and the wife of Antināra.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 90; Matsya-purāṇa 49. 7; Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 76.
1c) The wife of Mṛkaṇḍu and mother of Mārkaṇḍeya.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 28. 5; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 11. 7.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Manasvinī (मनस्विनी):—[=manas-vinī] [from manas-vin > manas > man] f. a virtuous wife, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] Momordica Mixta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of the mother of the moon, [Mahābhārata] (cf. manasija)
4) [v.s. ...] of Durga, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] of the wife of Mṛkaṇḍu, [Purāṇa]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusManasvini (ಮನಸ್ವಿನಿ):—
1) [noun] a woman who is having or showing a proper pride in herself, her position, family, etc.
2) [noun] an intelligent, brilliant woman.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 2.8 < [Chapter 2 - One’s Own Form of the Horās]
Ambu-vicikrtam Sarasvati Stotra < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
Conception of Sarasvati in the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
35. The previous birth of Bhamandala < [Chapter 4 - Intervening Stories]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Dynasty of Agni < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Prostitution in the Matsya Purāṇa < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Puru dynasty < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study) (by Anand Dilip Raj)
Chapter 2 - Dvitiya Adhyaya (dvitiyo'dhyayah) < [Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition]
Chapter 22 - Dvavimsha Adhyaya (dvavimso'dhyayah) < [Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition]
Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)