मनोरथ

{ manoratha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

MANORATHA   A calf once created by Śrī Kṛṣṇa by his spiritual powers. (See under Surabhi).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : इच्छा

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   Purpose, design, plan, scheme, desire, wish. 2 or मनोरथसृष्टि f Mental creations or fictions; pictures or phantasms of the imagination.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  Purpose, design, wish.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मनो—रथ  f.  a m. ( ifc. f( आ).) ‘heart's joy’ (See 2. रथ), a wish, desire (also = desired object), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

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मनो रथ

   fancy, illusion, [Śaṃk.]
   (in dram.) a wish expressed in an indirect manner, hint, [Sāh.]
रथ   the heart compared to a car (See 1.), [R.]
    N. of a teacher, [Buddh.]
   of a poet, [Cat.]
   of various men, [Rājat.]
मनो—रथ    b accord. to some orig. Prākṛt for मनोऽर्थ, ‘heart-matter’

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मनो रथ

Shabda-Sagara

मनोरथ  m.  ( -थः)
   1. Wish, desire.
   2. A desired object.
   3. A wish ex- pressed indirectly, (in drama.)
    E. मनस् the heart, and रथ vehicle.

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मनस् रथ

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : वाञ्छित