منی

मुिन muni, and H. मुनी munī, s.m. An inspired saint, saint-sage, a holy man endowed with divine inspiration, or one who has attained more or less of a divine nature by mortification and abstraction; a pious and learned man; a sage, seer; a hermit, an ascetic, a devotee, a monk;—a term applied as a title to the Rishis and Brahmādiks, and to a great number of persons (as Agastya, Vyāsa, Pāṇini, etc.) distinguished for their writings and considered as inspired (seven of these Munis in particular are enumerated);—a symbolical expression for the number seven:—muni-paṭ, s.m. Dress of the Munīs (i.e. the bark of the Bhojpatr):—munidharm, s.m. The duties that appertain to the status of a Muni:—muni-rāj, or (poet.) munirājū, or muni-rāyā, s.m.=munīśvar, q.v.:—muni-sutā, s.f. Daughter of a Muni or saint:—muni-sthān, s.m. The abode, or place of retirement of a recluse, or holy sage, etc.; a hermitage:—muni-śreshṭh, s.m. An excellent sage, an eminent saint (i.q. muni-var, q.v.):—muni-nāth, s.m. An epithet of respectful address to superiors:—muni-nāyak, s.m.=muni-nāth, and munīśvar, qq.v.:—muni-var, s.m. Best of ascetics or holy sages; an excellent Muni, an eminent saint;—an epithet of Śukrāćārya:—muni-varya, s.m. An eminent ascetic or saint:—munīś, vulg. munīs (˚ni+īśa), Chief of sages or ascetics; an eminent ascetic or saint:—munīśvar (˚ni+īś˚), s.f. Chief of sages or ascetics, etc. (i.q. munīś, q.v.);—an epithet of Vishnu, and of Buddha;—name of a commentator on the Siddhānta-Śiromaṇi:—munīndra (˚ni+in˚), s.m. Chief of sages or ascetics (i.q. munīś);—an epithet of any Bauddha sage or teacher; and of Śākya-muni, and of Bharata, and of Śiva, and of a Dānava:—muny-ann, s.m. The food of Munis or saints, etc. (consisting mostly of roots and fruits).