मन् [ man ] [ man ] Root cl. [8] [4] Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxx , 9 ; xxv , 67) [ manuté ] , [ mányate ] ( ep. also [ °ti ] ; 3. pl. [ manvaté ] Lit. RV. ; pf. [ mene ] Lit. Br. ; [ mamnā́the ] , [ °nā́ts ] Lit. RV. ; aor. [ ámata ] , [ ámanmahi ] Subj. [ manāmahe ] , [ mananta ] , p. [ manāná ] q.v. Lit. RV. ; [ maṃsi ] , [ amaṃsta ] Subj. [ maṃsate ] Prec. [ maṃsīṣṭa ] , 1. pers. mc. [ masīya ] Lit. ib. ; [ māṃsta ] Lit. AV. , [ °stādm ] Lit. TĀr. ; [ mandhvam ] Lit. Br. ; [ amaniṣṭa ] Gr. ; fut. [ maṃsyate ] Lit. Br. , [ °ti ] Lit. MBh. ; [ manta ] , [ manitā ] Gr. ; [ maniṣyate ] Lit. RV. ; inf. [ mantum ] Lit. MBh. , [ mántave ] , [ °tavai ] Lit. RV. , [ mántos ] Lit. Br. ; ind.p. [ matvā́ ] Lit. Up. ; [ manitvā ] Gr. ; [ -matya ] Lit. Br. ; [ -manya ] Lit. MBh. ) , to think , believe , imagine , suppose , conjecture Lit. RV. ( [ manye ] , I think , methinks , is in later language often inserted in a sentence without affecting the construction ; cf. g. [ cādi ] and Lit. Pāṇ. 4-1 , 106) ; to regard or consider any one or anything (acc.) as (acc. with or without [ iva ] , or adv. , often in [ -vat ] ; in later language also dat. , to express contempt ( cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 2-3 , 17 ) , e.g. g. [ rājyaṃ tṛṇaya ] [ manye ] , " I value empire at a straw " i.e. I make light of it = [ laghu ] √ [ man ] , and opp. to [ bahu ] , or [ sādhu ] √ [ man ] , to think much or well of , praise , approve) Lit. ib. ; to think one's self or be thought to be , appear as , pass for (nom. ; also with [ iva ] ) Lit. ib. ; to be of opinion , think fit or right Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to agree or be of the same opinion with (acc.) Lit. MBh. ; to set the heart or mind on , honour , esteem ( with [ nau ] , disdain) , hope or wish for (acc. or gen.) Lit. RV. ; to think of (in prayer , either " to remember , meditate on " , or " mention , declare " , or " excogitate , invent " ) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. ; to perceive , observe , learn , know , understand , comprehend (acc. , Ved. also gen.) . Lit. RV. ; to offer , present Lit. MBh. : Caus. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxxiv , 36) [ mānayati ] ( ep. also [ °te ] ; aor. [ amīmanat ] ; Pass. [ mānyate ] ) , to honour , esteem , value highly ( also with [ uru ] , [ bahu ] and [ sādhu ] ) Lit. AV. ; (Ā.) [ stambhe ] Lit. Dhātup. xxxiii , 35 ; [ garvake ] Lit. ib. Lit. Vop. : Desid. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxiii , 3) [ mīmāṃsate ] ( rarely [ °ti ] ; [ amīmāṃsiṣṭhās ] Lit. ŚBr. ; [ mīmāṃsyáte ] Lit. AV. ; [ mimaṃsate ] , [ mimaniṣate ] Gr.) , to reflect upon , consider , examine , investigate Lit. AV. Lit. Br. ; to call in question , doubt ( " with regard to " loc.) Lit. ib. : Desid. of Desid. [ mimāmiṣate ] Gr.: Intens. [ manmanyate ] , [ manmanti ] Lit. ib. ( cf. Zd. (man) ; Gk. 1 , 2 , Lat. (meminisse) , (monere) ; Slav. and Lith. (minéti) ; Goth. (ga-munan) ; Germ , (meinen) ; Eng. (mean) . )