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Archives"silent" in Sanskrit?
in reply to a message by lawruh
That is what I found when I googled.
At first I thought Mauni was a Finnish male name, but I mixed it up with Mauno.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
At first I thought Mauni was a Finnish male name, but I mixed it up with Mauno.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Correct. The root is probably related to man to think cognate to English mean. The word muni probably meant an inspired man, and was usually used for an ascetic devoted to meditation. mauna/maunI, technically a patronymic from that, originally meant a saintly person, but as is wont, the silence alone became indicative of deep thoughts, and today mauni simply means silent.
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Yeah, the only person I know named Mauni is a girl my age (about 16).
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