मन-वाणी-कर्म man-vāṇī-karm

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Thought, word and deed.

Usual translation

thoughts, words and deeds

Origin of the definition

कर्म karm (sanskrit)

Action (with its fruit, and implications of merit); an act, deed.
(moral) duty or obligation.
A religious observance, action or rite (as sacrifice, ablution, funeral obsequies).
Fate (as the consequence of previous acts); fortune, lot.
Result, effect.

मन man (hindi)

The soul’s inner faculty through which thoughts arise and feelings, desires and intentions are experienced. Spiritual practice trains and purifies it, particularly by directing it towards the Father in remembrance.

वाणी vāṇī (sanskrit)

Speech, voice.
Saraswati : the goddess of speech.