मञ्जूषा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मञ्जुषा (mañjuṣā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মঞ্জূষা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬜ᭄ᬚᬹᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• মঞ্জূষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰳𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀽𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မဉ္ဇူၑာ (Burmese script)
• મઞ્જૂષા (Gujarati script)
• ਮਞ੍ਜੂਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍂𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦚ꧀ꦗꦹꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂴𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಞ್ಜೂಷಾ (Kannada script)
• មញ្ជូឞា (Khmer script)
• ມຎ຺ຊູຩາ (Lao script)
• മഞ്ജൂഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᡠᡠᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘴𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᡛᠽᠤᠤᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧕𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐹𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମଞ୍ଜୂଷା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢛ꣄ꢙꢹꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆷𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖳𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මඤ‍්ජූෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩒𑩛𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚱𑚭 (Takri script)
• மஞ்ஜூஷா (Tamil script)
• మఞ్జూషా (Telugu script)
• มญฺชูษา (Thai script)
• མ་ཉྫཱུ་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒴𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil மஞ்சிகை (mañcikai), மஞ்சிகம் (mañcikam).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɲ.d͡ʑuː.ʂɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐɲˈd͡ʑuː.ʂɑː/

Noun

मञ्जूषा • (mañjūṣā) stem, f

1. a box, chest, case, basket
2. a stone

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पाषाण

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मञ्जूषा (mañjūṣā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मञ्जूषा mañjūṣā	मञ्जूषे mañjūṣe	मञ्जूषाः mañjūṣāḥ
Vocative	मञ्जूषे mañjūṣe	मञ्जूषे mañjūṣe	मञ्जूषाः mañjūṣāḥ
Accusative	मञ्जूषाम् mañjūṣām	मञ्जूषे mañjūṣe	मञ्जूषाः mañjūṣāḥ
Instrumental	मञ्जूषया / मञ्जूषा¹ mañjūṣayā / mañjūṣā¹	मञ्जूषाभ्याम् mañjūṣābhyām	मञ्जूषाभिः mañjūṣābhiḥ
Dative	मञ्जूषायै mañjūṣāyai	मञ्जूषाभ्याम् mañjūṣābhyām	मञ्जूषाभ्यः mañjūṣābhyaḥ
Ablative	मञ्जूषायाः / मञ्जूषायै² mañjūṣāyāḥ / mañjūṣāyai²	मञ्जूषाभ्याम् mañjūṣābhyām	मञ्जूषाभ्यः mañjūṣābhyaḥ
Genitive	मञ्जूषायाः / मञ्जूषायै² mañjūṣāyāḥ / mañjūṣāyai²	मञ्जूषयोः mañjūṣayoḥ	मञ्जूषाणाम् mañjūṣāṇām
Locative	मञ्जूषायाम् mañjūṣāyām	मञ्जूषयोः mañjūṣayoḥ	मञ्जूषासु mañjūṣāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: mañjūsā
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀽𑀲𑀸 (maṃjūsā)

  Maharastri Prakrit:

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: मांदुस (māṃdusa)

    Modi script: 𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘟𑘳𑘭 (māṃdusa)

    • Marathi: मांदूस (māndūs)
• → Hindi: मंजूषा (mañjūṣā) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मञ्जूषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 774, column 2.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मञ्जूषा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]