[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1115 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1115 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1115 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1115) MĀNASA. ‘The intellectual.’ A name of the supreme being. Thus defined in the Mahā-bhārata: “The primeval god, without beginning or dissolution, indivisible, undecaying, and, immortal, who is known and called by great Rishis Mānasa.” - [Previous: c5.1114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1114) - [Next: c5.1116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1116) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1115) · Pramāṇa