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maNi means is an old Rgvedic word and name element meaning jewel (amongst other things), and is cognate with a Germanic word for necklace whose English descendant is mane. dI is also a Rgvedic root with many IndoEuropean cognates and means to shine, dIp is, in form, its causative, and means to blaze etc. and is found in the later Vedic literature. dIpa meaning a lamp is attested in Shrautasutras.
The form maNidIpa meaning a lamp with a jewel for its wick appears in late Sanskrit, and was after that used as the name of a text. Its use as name for a man comes from the modern North Indian languages. The last -a was originally a schwa, but it disppears in modern pronounciaton.
Mandeep has the same dIpa, but the first part is from mana from man, cognate with a part of mind, to think; and mana means mind. The -n- in mana is dental, but in maNi is retroflex. -a at th end of a lexeme disappears much more commonly than an -i.
kumAra of uncertain etymology (but may be related to ku- bad and mR to die) means a child or youth, and may be cognate to the Greek forms. Names with this as the last part were common, originally as patronymics, but often alone referring to a prominent youth or youth personified.
The form maNidIpa meaning a lamp with a jewel for its wick appears in late Sanskrit, and was after that used as the name of a text. Its use as name for a man comes from the modern North Indian languages. The last -a was originally a schwa, but it disppears in modern pronounciaton.
Mandeep has the same dIpa, but the first part is from mana from man, cognate with a part of mind, to think; and mana means mind. The -n- in mana is dental, but in maNi is retroflex. -a at th end of a lexeme disappears much more commonly than an -i.
kumAra of uncertain etymology (but may be related to ku- bad and mR to die) means a child or youth, and may be cognate to the Greek forms. Names with this as the last part were common, originally as patronymics, but often alone referring to a prominent youth or youth personified.
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