मानस A lake said to be situated in Hāṭaka which appears to be the same as Lādak. On the north of Hāṭaka is Harivarṣa, the country of the northern Kurus. The lake was celebrated in former times as the abode of Kinnaras, and is said by poets to be the annual resort of swans at the approach of the rains.
मानस a. (सी f.) [मन एव, मनस इदं वा अण्]
1 Pertaining to the mind, mental, spiritual (opp. शारीर).
2 Produced from the mind, sprung at will; ब्रह्मणो मानसपुत्राः; किं मानसी सृष्टिः Ś. 4; Ku 1. 18; Bg. 10. 6.
3 Only to be conceived in the mind, conceivable.
4 Tacit, implied.
5 Dwelling on the lake Mānasa.
−सः A form of Viṣṇu.
−सं
1 The mind, heart, soul; सपदि मदनानलो दहति मम मानसं Gīt. 10; अपि च मानसमंबुनिधिः Bv. 1. 113; मानसं विषयैर्विना (भाति) 116.
2 N. of a sacred lake on the mountain Kailāsa; (कैलासशिखरे राम मनसा निर्मितं सरः । ब्रह्मणा प्रागिदं यस्मात्तदभून्मानसं सरः ॥ Rām; (it is said to be the native place of swans, who are described as migrating to its shores every year at the commencement of the breeding season or the monsoons; मेघश्यामा दिशो दृष्ट्वा मानसोत्सुकचेतसां । कू- जितं राजहंसानां नेदं नूपुरशिंजितं V. 4. 14, 15; यस्यास्तोये कृतवसतयो मानसं सं- निकृष्टं नाध्यास्यंति व्यपगतशुच त्वामपि प्रेक्ष्य हंसः Me. 76; see Me. 11; Ghaṭ. 9 also); R. 6. 26; Me. 62. Bv. 1. 3.
3 (In law) Tacit or implied consent.
4 A kind of salt.
−Comp.
−आलयः a swan, goose.
−उत्क a. eager to go to Mānasa; Me. 11. −ओकस्, −चारिन् m. a swan. −ज- न्मन् m. 1. the god of love. −2. a swan.