About: maṇati

Dear all,

When looking up the Vinaya Commentary for the word "Veramaṇī", I have faced the strange word "maṇati" that I could not find in dictionary.  I tried to derive its meaning, but there was not so much progress for me.

First, the word "maṇati" only exists in Commentary and Sub-Commentary by 10 times.  However, there are only 2 cases of its existence:  [1]  In those sentences which relate with the word "Veramaṇi" and [2]  In the sentence of the Commentary of Therapadana of vedikārakatthera  .The details are as below:  

[1]  veraṃ maṇati vināsetīti veramaṇī <=> Veramani = one destroys hatred maṇati 

[2]  maṇīhi parivāretvāti maṇati jotati pabhāsatīti maṇi <=> having surrounded by mani-gems:  "maṇati it shines, it lights" = mani-gem

It looks like that "maṇati" is a 3rd sing present indicative active verb.  But the 2 cases show different possible meaning-ranges.  [1] shows that it could be close to vināseti = destroy.  And in [2]  it seems similar with jotati and pabhāsati = light, shine

Please give me your advices

Sincerely yours,

Huynh Trong Khanh