मन्सा-वाचा-कर्मणा mansā-vāchā-karmaṇā

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.

sa · adv.

Earlier definition

Definition

In thought, word and deed.

Usual translation

with your thoughts, words or actions

Origin of the definition

कर्मणा karmaṇā (sanskrit)

Throught the deed.

मनसा manasā mānasa: (a) mental, born of the mind; (adv) mentally, through the mind; ~ना to be inspired/motivated; —वाचा-कर्मणा through the mind; speech and deed.

2मनसा manasā [S.], / — मनसा वाचा कर्मणा, adv. in thought, word and deed.

वाचा vāchā (sanskrit)

Through speech.