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muniḥ

m

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. müni-

müni- m. Verzückter, Begeisterter, Weiser, Seher, Asket, Einsiedler (besonders einer, der das Schweige-Gelübde auf sich genommen hat) [RV (auch 7,56,8) +]; maund- n. Stand des Muni, Schweigen (Up +). - Pä. muni- m. Weiser, Heiliger, Asket, mona- n. Selbstbeherrschung, Weisheit, moneyya- n. Stand des Muni, k$. min” schweigsam, u.a. (s.u.). - Die wahrscheinlichste Deutung geht von *mu-ni- ‘Schweiger’ aus, vgl. arm. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. müni-, p. 390]

2. مُنِ

a saint, sage, seer, ascetic, monk, devotee, hermit ( esp. one who has taken the vow of silence), ŚBr. &c. &c. (with hṛdayeṣusthitaḥ, the internal monitor or conscience, Mn. viii, 91 )

3. مُنِ

of various plants ( Agati Grandiflora , Buchanania Latifolia , Butea Frondosa , Terminalia Catappa , the mango-tree and Artemisia Indica ), L.

4. مُنِ

pl. ‘the celestial Muni s’, N. of the seven stars of Ursa Major (and there fore a symbolical N. for the number ‘seven’), Var. ; Sūryas. ; Śrutab.

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  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. muni (vol. 3, scan p. 650; entry #7930).

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