Dear Huynh Trong Khanh,
I found this in the Dhātumālā (part of Saddanīti):
Maṇa cāge. Veraṃ maṇatīti veramaṇi.
You can look up the meanings under "cajati", also under Skt. tyajati. The
meaning is to abandon, give up, renounce, sacrifice, etc. which is not so
different from vināsati. Another root maṇ has the meaning of to sound
(sadde).
Best,
Jim
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Subject: [palistudy] 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