Saturday, January 30, 2010

मंत्र منتر ♣ Eng. mind, mental

मंत्र منتر ♣ Eng. mind, mental

[mantra]~[mant₍a₎r], m. a sacred verse, hymns, incantation.

[←OIA mantra- m. ‘thought, prayer, spell, counsel’ RV. <√man ‘think’ ◀PIE *men- ‘to think, mind; spiritual activity’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. mind ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. mental, mention, mania, Mentor ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1071; (Turner, 1966) 9834, p.564; (MW, 1899) 0785, 0783; (Pokorny, 1959) 0726; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.311, 2.305

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