मणि [मण्-इन् स्त्रीत्वपक्षे वा ङीप्]
(Said to be f. also, but rarely used)
1 A jewel, gem, precious stone; मणिर्लुठति पदिषु काचः शिरसि धार्यते । यथैवास्ते तथैवास्तां काचः काचो मणिर्म- णिः H. 2. 68; अलब्धशाणोत्कषणा नृ- पाणां न जातु मौलौ मणयो वसंति Bv. 1. 73; मणौ वज्रसमुत्कीर्णे सूत्रस्ये- वास्ति मे गतिः R. 1. 4; 3. 18.
2 An ornament in general.
3 Anything best of its kind; cf. रत्न.
4 A magnet, loadstone.
5 The wrist.
6 A water-pot.
7 Clitoris.
8 Glans penis.
9 A crystal.
10 The fleshy excrescence on the neck of a goat (also written मणी in these senses).
−Comp.
−इंद्रः, −राजः a diamond.
−कंठः the blue jay. −कं- ठकः a cock. −कर्णिका, −कर्णी N. of a sacred pool in Benares.
−काचः the feathered part of an arrow.
−काननं the neck.
−कारः a lapidary, jeweller.
−तारकः the crane or Sārasa bird.
−दंड a. having a handle adorncd with jewels.
−दर्पणः a jewelled mirror.
−दीपः 1. a lamp having jewels. −2. a jewel serving as a lamp.
−दोषः a flaw or defect in a jewel.
−द्वीपः 1. the hood of the serpent Ananta. −2. N. of a fabulous island in the ocean of nectar.
−धनुः m.,
−धनुस् n. a rainbow.
−पाली a female keeper of jewels.
−पुष्पकः N. of the ocean shell of Sahadeva; Bg. 1. 16.
−पूरः 1. the navel. −2. a kind of bodice richly adorned with jeweles. (
−रं) 1. N. of a town in Kaliṅga. −2. the pit of the stomach, or a mystical circle on the navel (also मणिपूरक). −ºपतिः. an epithet of Babhruvāhana.
−प्रवेकः a most excellent jewel.
−बंधः 1. the wrist; Ś. 7. −2. the fastening of jewels; R. 12. 102.
−बंधनं 1. fastening on of jewels, a string or ornament of pearls. −2. that part of a ring or bracelet where the jewels are set, collet; Ś. 6. −3. the wrist; Ś. 3. 13. −बीजः, −वीजः the pomegranate tree.
−भित्तिः f. N. of the palace of Śeṣa.
−भूः f. a floor set with jewels.
−भूमिः f. 1. a mine of jewels. −2. a jewelled floor, floor inlaid with jewels.
−मंडपः N. of the residence of Śeṣa.
−मंथं rock-salt.
−माला 1. a string or necklace of jewels. −2. lustre, splendour, beauty. −3. a circular impression left by a bite (in amorous sports). −4. N. of Lakshmī. −5. N. of a metre.
−मेखल a. girdled with gems.
−यष्टिः m. f. a jewelled stick, a string of jewels.
−रत्नं a jewel, gem.
−रागः the colour of jewels (
−गं) vermilion.
−विशेषः an excellent jewel.
−शिला a jewelled slab.
−सरः a necklace.
−सूत्रं a string of pearls.
−सोपानं a jewelled staircase.
−स्तंभः a pillar inlaid with jewels.
−हर्म्यं a jewelled or crystal palace.