manApa · adjective · manāpa 1
pleasing
manāpa , adj. (= Pali id. ; contraction of mana-āpa , q.v. , but far commoner than that in prose as well as vss ), charming, agreeable : SP 74.1 and 76.1 (so most or all mss. ); 347.1 ; LV 9.14 ; 27.11 ; 46.13 ; 90.2 ff. ; 187.10 ; [Page418-b] Mv i.103.6 ; 109.5 ; 146.3 = 202.18 = ii.6.15 ; i.150.5 ; 207.11 = ii.12.1 ; i.303.8 ; ii.111.18 ; 373.23 ; 424.2 , etc. ; Divy 74.9 ; 403.4 ; Av i.179.1 ; Suv 146.3 ; Bbh 217.3 ; very common; also a-ma°, unpleasant : LV 71.11 ; 187.9 ; 246.15 ; Av i.71.9 , etc.
pleasing; charming
Manāpa (adjective) [cf. BHS manāpa] pleasing pleasant, charming Snp 22, 759; Dhp 339 (°ssavana); Vv-a 71; Pv-a 3, 9. Often in combination piya manāpa, e.g. D II 19; III 167; Ja II 155; IV 132. — Opposite a°, e.g. Pp 32.
(adj, adj) pleasant; likeable; attractive; agreeable pleasing, charming [lit.] obtained by mind
(nt, nt) pleasant experience; something nice [lit.] obtained by mind