Manas

Manas may refer to:

Philosophy and mythology

• Manas, the Pali and Sanskrit term for "mind"; see
  • Manas (early Buddhism)
  • Manas-vijnana, one of the eight consciousnesses taught in Yogacara Buddhism
• Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Ramayana
• Epic of Manas, a Kyrgyz epic poem with 500,000 lines

Toponymy

• Manas River (Drangme Chhu) in southern Bhutan and northeastern India
  • Royal Manas National Park, a national park in Bhutan
  • Manas National Park, a national park in the state of Assam, India
• Manas (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement in Karabudakhkentsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation
• Manas, Drôme, a commune in Drôme département in France
• Manas-Bastanous, a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France
• Manas District, a district of Talas Province, Kyrgyzstan
  • Manas International Airport, an international airport near Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan
    • Transit Center at Manas, a United States Air Force base at the airport above
• Manas District, Peru, in the Peruvian province of Cajatambo
• Manas or Manasi River, a river in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China
  • Manas County, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China
  • Manas Lake, a lake in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China
• Manasarovar (Lake Manas), a lake in Tibet

Personal names

Mañas (Spanish surname)

• Achero Mañas (born 1966), Spanish film director
• Fernando Llorente Mañas (born 1990), Spanish footballer
• José Ángel Mañas (born 1971), Spanish writer
• Pilar Mañas Brugat (born 1975), Spanish military officer

Armenian surname

• Manas Family, an Ottoman-Armenian family
• Edgar Manas (1875–1964), Turkish-Armenian composer, conductor and musicologist

Indian given name

• Manas Bhunia, Indian politician
• Manas Bihari Verma, Indian aeronautical scientist (1943–2021)
• Manas Shah, Indian actor
• Manas Kumar Mandal, is a scientist and psychologist of Delhi, India
• Manas Mukherjee, Bengali music director
• Manas Das, Indian footballer
• Manas Chaudhuri, Indian politician
• Manas Chakraborty, Musical artist

Other uses

• 3349 Manas, a main-belt asteroid
• Manas University, Kyrgyzstan
• Manas International Public School, Jehanabad, Bihar, India
• Manas Air, a defunct airline in Kyrgyzstan
• MAN Türkiye A.Ş., stylized MANAŞ, MAN AG's truck and bus factory in Turkey
• MANAS Journal, a weekly philosophical journal published in 1948–1988
• Manas, a crablike Bionicle (Lego toy)

See also

• Mana (disambiguation)
• Mansa (disambiguation)
• Manasa, a Hindu goddess