मन्यते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মন্যতে (Assamese script)
ᬫᬦ᭄ᬬᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
মন্যতে (Bengali script)
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𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
မနျတေ (Burmese script)
મન્યતે (Gujarati script)
ਮਨ੍ਯਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦤꦾꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ಮನ್ಯತೇ (Kannada script)
មន្យតេ (Khmer script)
ມນ຺ຍເຕ (Lao script)
മന്യതേ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᠨᠶᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠨᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧁𑧠𑧇𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ମନ୍ଯତେ (Odia script)
ꢪꢥ꣄ꢫꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
මන්‍යතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
மந்யதே (Tamil script)
మన్యతే (Telugu script)
มนฺยเต (Thai script)
མ་ནྱ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yo-, from *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬉 (maniietē), Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai), Old Church Slavonic мьнѣти (mĭněti).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́n.jɐ.tɐj/, [mɐ́j̃.jɐ.tɐj]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐn̪.jɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

मन्यते • (mányate) third-singular indicative (class 4, type A, root मन्)^[1]

to think, believe, imagine, suppose, conjecture
to regard or consider anyone or anything (accusative) as
to think oneself or be thought to be, appear as, pass for
to be of opinion, think fit or right
to agree or be of the same opinion with
to set the heart or mind on, honour, esteem, hope or wish for
to think of (in prayer etc., either "to remember, meditate on", or "mention, declare", or "excogitate, invent"), ponder
to perceive, observe, learn, know, understand, comprehend
to offer, present
(causative) to honour, esteem, value highly
(desiderative) to reflect upon, consider, examine, investigate
(desiderative) to cali in question, doubt ("with regard to" +locative)

Conjugation

Present: मन्यते (mányate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	मन्यते mányate	मन्येते mányete	मन्यन्ते mányante
Second	- -	- -	- -	मन्यसे mányase	मन्येथे mányethe	मन्यध्वे mányadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	मन्ये mánye	मन्यावहे mányāvahe	मन्यामहे mányāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	मन्यताम् mányatām	मन्येताम् mányetām	मन्यन्ताम् mányantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	मन्यस्व mányasva	मन्येथाम् mányethām	मन्यध्वम् mányadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	मन्यै mányai	मन्यावहै mányāvahai	मन्यामहै mányāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	मन्येत mányeta	मन्येयाताम् mányeyātām	मन्येरन् mányeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	मन्येथाः mányethāḥ	मन्येयाथाम् mányeyāthām	मन्येध्वम् mányedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	मन्येय mányeya	मन्येवहि mányevahi	मन्येमहि mányemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	मन्याते / मन्यातै mányāte / mányātai	मन्यैते mányaite	मन्यन्त / मन्यान्तै mányanta / mányāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	मन्यासे / मन्यासै mányāse / mányāsai	मन्यैथे mányaithe	मन्याध्वै mányādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	मन्यै mányai	मन्यावहै mányāvahai	मन्यामहै mányāmahai
Participles
	- -			मन्यमान mányamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अमन्यत (ámanyata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अमन्यत ámanyata	अमन्येताम् ámanyetām	अमन्यन्त ámanyanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अमन्यथाः ámanyathāḥ	अमन्येथाम् ámanyethām	अमन्यध्वम् ámanyadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अमन्ये ámanye	अमन्यावहि ámanyāvahi	अमन्यामहि ámanyāmahi

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀜𑀢𑁂 (maṃñate) (Girnar); 𐨨𐨙𐨟𐨁 (mañati) (Shāhbāzgarhi, Mansehra)
- Prakrit: मण्णइ (maṇṇaï) (see there for further descendants)
Gandhari: 𐨨𐨙𐨯𐨹𐨁 (mañas̱i)
Pali: maññati

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mányatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mányatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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