muniH [ man-in ucca Uṇ. 4. 122 ] 1 A sage, a holy man, saint, devotee, an ascetic; munInAmapyahaM vyAsaH Bg. 10. 37 ; duHKezvanudvignamanAH suKezu vigataspfhaH . vItarAgaBayakroDaH sTiraDIrmunirucyate .. 2. 56 ; puRyaH Sabdo muniriti muhuH kevalaM rAjapUrvaH Ś. 2. 14 ; R. 1. 8 , 3. 49. 2 N. of the sage Agastya. 3 Of Vyāsa. 4 Of Buddha. 5 of Pāṇini. 6 N. of several plants ( piyAlu, parASara and damanaka ). 7 The internal conscience (according to Kull. on Ms. 8. 91 ‘the supreme spirit’). 8 The mango-tree. 9 The the number ‘seven’. — pl. The seven sages. Comp. — annaM ( pl. ) the food of ascetics. — iMdraH 1 ‘the lord of the sages’, a great sage. 2 an epithet of Śākyamuni. 3 of Bharata. 4 of Śiva. — ISaH, -ISvaraH 1 a great sage. 2 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 3 of Buddha. — trayaM ‘the triad of sages’, i. e. Pāṇini, Kātyāyana, and Patanjali (who are considered to be inspired saints); munitrayaM namaskftya , or trimuni vyAkaraRaM Sk. — dArakaH, -kumAraH a young sage. — drumaH the Śyonāka tree. — pittalaM copper. — puMgavaH a great or eminent sage. — putrakaH 1 a wagtail. 2 the damanuka tree. — BezajaM 1 the fruit of the yellow myrobalan. 2 fasting. — vftti a. leading an ascetic life; SESave munivfttInAM R. 1. 8. — vrataM an ascetic vow; Ku. 5. 48.