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▪ I. mani1|ˈmɑːnɪ|
Also 8 many, 9 mannee.
[a. Sp. mani (Pineda); prob. from some S. American language.]
1. A South American earth-nut (see quot. 1866).
1717tr. Frezier's Voy. 186 They have..a Sort of Fruit there [at Pisco], which grows in a Cod that does not rise out of the Earth..The Inhabitants call it Many. Ibid., marg., Many Fruit. 1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 78 Another fruit, called mani, is produced by a small plant. It is of the size and shape of a pine cone. 1825Gentl. Mag. XCV. i. 318 The Jack-fruit, sweet sops, sour sops, mannees [etc.]. 1866Treas. Bot. 717/2 Mani,..a Spanish name of the Ground Nut, Arachis hypogæa.
2. A South American tree (see quot. 1866).
1866Treas. Bot. 757/1 M[oronobea] coccinea, the Hog Gum tree... In Guiana and Brazil, where it is called Mani or Oanani, the natives make torches with it. 1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Misc. Tr. 75 note, The mani-tree, which yields a timber that is almost imperishable.
▪ II. ‖ mani2|ˈmɑːnɪ|
[Tibetan máṇi, f. Skr. maṇí precious stone (as in the jewel-lotus prayer om maṇí padme hum ‘Oh the lotus-jewel, Amen’).]
In full, mani wall. A Tibetan ‘prayer wall’, covered with stones piously inscribed (see also quots.)
1863E. Schlagintweit Buddhism in Tibet xiii. 196 Mani, originally a Sanskrit word meaning ‘a precious stone’,..is used to designate walls of about six feet in height and four to eight feet in breadth. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 197/2 It [sc. the palace at Lé] is surrounded by poplar plantations, with manis and ch'hordtens beyond. Ibid., ‘Mani’, a long stone wall, several feet wide, running along the roadside, covered with loose stones deposited by the passers-by, inscribed with the prayer or ejaculation, ‘Om mani padme hom’. 1925B. Beetham in E. F. Norton Fight for Everest, 1924 i. viii. 171 The mani-walls (prayer-stones) had once been of an unusually imposing nature. 1952H. W. Tilman Nepal Himalaya iv. 39 The longest mani wall I have ever seen—nearly three hundred yards of it... On each side are flat stones with carved Buddhas or religious texts for the benefit of passers-by. 1953Tsung-Lien Shen & Shen-Chi Liu Tibet v. 118 The approach to a village or monastery is marked by a Mani wall or by a pagoda. 1959Times 23 May 7/6 The people here are Buddhist and there is abundant evidence of their faith—mani (or prayer) walls. |