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): /mɐɲ.d͡ʑuː.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

	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 (mañjūṣayā) मञ्जूषा¹ (mañjūṣā¹)	मञ्जूषाभ्याम् (mañjūṣābhyām)	मञ्जूषाभिः (mañjūṣābhiḥ)
dative	मञ्जूषायै (mañjūṣāyai)	मञ्जूषाभ्याम् (mañjūṣābhyām)	मञ्जूषाभ्यः (mañjūṣābhyaḥ)
ablative	मञ्जूषायाः (mañjūṣāyāḥ) मञ्जूषायै² (mañjūṣāyai²)	मञ्जूषाभ्याम् (mañjūṣābhyām)	मञ्जूषाभ्यः (mañjūṣābhyaḥ)
genitive	मञ्जूषायाः (mañjūṣāyāḥ) मञ्जूषायै² (mañjūṣāyai²)	मञ्जूषयोः (mañjūṣayoḥ)	मञ्जूषाणाम् (mañjūṣāṇām)
locative	मञ्जूषायाम् (mañjūṣāyām)	मञ्जूषयोः (mañjūṣayoḥ)	मञ्जूषासु (mañjūṣāsu)

• 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]