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manindriye

manindriya

nt acc pl of manindriya (noun); nt loc sg of manindriya (noun)

1. power of mind; mental faculty; mind

Built from

• manas — root · mind
  From √man 'to think', cognate with English 'mind', Latin 'mens' mind, Greek 'menos' vigor or spirit. The act of mental cognition and intention.
• indriya — root · faculty, power
  From √indh 'to kindle, rule, be lord'. Lit. 'that which rules or kindles'; in Buddhist psychology, one of the six sense-powers or the five controlling faculties (faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, wisdom).

Analysis. manas 'mind' + indriya 'faculty, sense-power' (from √indh 'to rule, be lord'). The compound denotes the ruling faculty of the mind itself, or mind as one of the controlling powers.

Etymology. manas derives from √man 'to think' (cognate with English 'mind', Latin 'mens', Greek 'menos' vigor). indriya 'faculty, power' comes from √indh 'to kindle, rule', lit. 'that which lords over' or 'kindles action'; no direct European cognate, but the sense of mastery survives in Sanskrit indriya as 'faculty by which one is lord'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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