Manipura
Sanskrit: मणिपूर
Transliteration: Maṇipūra (IAST)
Translation: “city of jewels”*
मणि – Maṇi – a jewel, gem, pearl, any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal**
मणिपूर – Maṇipūra – the navel; a sort of bodice (worn by women and richly adorned with jewels; a particular mystical circle on the navel; name of a town in Kaliṅga situated on the sea-shore)**
References:
*Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
**Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
Transliteration: Maṇipūra (IAST)
Translation: “city of jewels”*
मणि – Maṇi – a jewel, gem, pearl, any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal**
मणिपूर – Maṇipūra – the navel; a sort of bodice (worn by women and richly adorned with jewels; a particular mystical circle on the navel; name of a town in Kaliṅga situated on the sea-shore)**
References:
*Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
**Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
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