Dictionary Definition:
[translation-san] {LCh,L,MSA,MV} māna
[translation-san] {C} manyanā
[translation-san] {L} adhimāna
[translation-san] {MSA,MV} abhimāna (e.g.: {MSA}śama-mātra-abhimāna)
[translation-san] {MV} unnati
[translation-san] ahaṃkāra
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} [I-victor]; pride; I-principle
[translation-eng] {C} egocentricity; conceit; (vain) conceitedness; minding
[comments] Comment: This is one of the six root afflictions (rtsa nyon, mūlakleśa): desire ('dod chogs, rāga); (2) anger (khong khro, pratigha); (3) pride (nga rgyal, māna); (4) ignorance (ma rig pa, avidyā); (5) doubt (the tshom, vicikitsā); (6) afflicted view (lta ba nyon mongs can, kliṣṭa-dṛṣṭi). Nāgārjuna mentions seven prides in his Precious Garland, stanzas 407-412: pride of selfhood (bdag nyid nga rgyal), exceeding pride (lhag pa'i nga rgyal), pride beyond pride (nga rgyal las kyang nga rgyal), pride of thinking I (nga'o snyam pa'i nga rgyal), pride of conceit (mngon pa'i nga rgyal), erroneous pride (log pa'i nga rgyal), pride of inferiority (dman pa'i nga rgyal).