मन्त्र
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Nepali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मन्त्र • (mantra)
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মন্ত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬦ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- মন্ত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- မန္တြ (Burmese script)
- મન્ત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਮਨ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಮನ್ತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- មន្ត្រ (Khmer script)
- ມນ຺ຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- മന്ത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ମନ୍ତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢪꢥ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- මන්ත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- மந்த்ர (Tamil script)
- మన్త్ర (Telugu script)
- มนฺตฺร (Thai script)
- མ་ནྟྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántram, from Proto-Indo-European *mén-trom, from *men- (“to think”) + *-trom, hence "instrument of thought". Related to मनस् (mánas, “mind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mąθra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मन्त्र • (mántra) stem, m or n
- sacred text or speech
- a prayer or song of praise (RV. AV. TS.), a sacred formula addressed to any individual deity; a mantra
- a Vedic hymn or sacrificial formula, that portion of the Veda which contains the texts called ऋच् (ṛc-) or यजुस् (yajus-) or सामन् (sāma) or अथर्वन् (atharvan) (as opposed to the Brahmana or Upanishad portions); a mantra
- a mystical verse or magical formula (sometimes personified), incantation, charm, spell; a mantra
- consultation, resolution, counsel, advice, plan, design, secret
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of मन्त्र (mántra) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मन्त्रः mántraḥ |
मन्त्रौ / मन्त्रा¹ mántrau / mántrā¹ |
मन्त्राः / मन्त्रासः¹ mántrāḥ / mántrāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | मन्त्र mántra |
मन्त्रौ / मन्त्रा¹ mántrau / mántrā¹ |
मन्त्राः / मन्त्रासः¹ mántrāḥ / mántrāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | मन्त्रम् mántram |
मन्त्रौ / मन्त्रा¹ mántrau / mántrā¹ |
मन्त्रान् mántrān |
Instrumental | मन्त्रेण mántreṇa |
मन्त्राभ्याम् mántrābhyām |
मन्त्रैः / मन्त्रेभिः¹ mántraiḥ / mántrebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मन्त्राय mántrāya |
मन्त्राभ्याम् mántrābhyām |
मन्त्रेभ्यः mántrebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मन्त्रात् mántrāt |
मन्त्राभ्याम् mántrābhyām |
मन्त्रेभ्यः mántrebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मन्त्रस्य mántrasya |
मन्त्रयोः mántrayoḥ |
मन्त्राणाम् mántrāṇām |
Locative | मन्त्रे mántre |
मन्त्रयोः mántrayoḥ |
मन्त्रेषु mántreṣu |
Notes |
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Neuter a-stem declension of मन्त्र (mántra) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मन्त्रम् mántram |
मन्त्रे mántre |
मन्त्राणि / मन्त्रा¹ mántrāṇi / mántrā¹ |
Vocative | मन्त्र mántra |
मन्त्रे mántre |
मन्त्राणि / मन्त्रा¹ mántrāṇi / mántrā¹ |
Accusative | मन्त्रम् mántram |
मन्त्रे mántre |
मन्त्राणि / मन्त्रा¹ mántrāṇi / mántrā¹ |
Instrumental | मन्त्रेण mántreṇa |
मन्त्राभ्याम् mántrābhyām |
मन्त्रैः / मन्त्रेभिः¹ mántraiḥ / mántrebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मन्त्राय mántrāya |
मन्त्राभ्याम् mántrābhyām |
मन्त्रेभ्यः mántrebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मन्त्रात् mántrāt |
मन्त्राभ्याम् mántrābhyām |
मन्त्रेभ्यः mántrebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मन्त्रस्य mántrasya |
मन्त्रयोः mántrayoḥ |
मन्त्राणाम् mántrāṇām |
Locative | मन्त्रे mántre |
मन्त्रयोः mántrayoḥ |
मन्त्रेषु mántreṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
[edit]- बीजमन्त्र (bījamantra)
Descendants
[edit]- Assamese: মাত (mat)
- Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠔ (mat)
- → Assamese: মন্ত্ৰ (montro)
- → Bengali: মন্ত্র (môntrô)
- → Chinese: 曼特羅/曼特罗 (màntèluó)
- → Danish: mantra
- → English: mantra
- → French: mantra
- → Finnish: mantra
- → Hindustani:
- → Japanese: マントラ (mantora)
- → Korean: 만트라 (manteura)
- → Malay: mantra, mantera
- → Indonesian: mantra
- → Marathi: मंत्र (mantra)
- → Portuguese: mantra
- → Punjabi:
- → Russian: ма́нтра (mántra)
- → Serbo-Croatian: mantra
- → Spanish: mantra
- → Tamil: மந்திரம் (mantiram)
- → Telugu: మంత్రము (mantramu)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “मन्त्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 785/3, 786/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 311
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