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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मञ्चmañcaA couch, bedstead, sofa, bed.

    [मञ्च्-घञ्]

    1. A couch, bedstead, sofa, bed.
    2. A raised seat, dais, a platform resting on columns, a seat of honour or state, throne; मञ्चाः क्रियन्तां विविधा मल्लरङ्गपरिश्रिताः Bhāg.1.36.25; स तत्र मञ्चेषु मनोज्ञवेषान् R.6.1;3.1.
    3. An elevated shed in a field (for a watchman).
    4. A pulpit.
    5. A stage, platform.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नृत्यम् a kind of dance.

    • -पीठम् a seat on a platform.

    • -मण्डपः

      1. a temporary shed resting upon bamboo posts.
      2. a platform erected on festive occasions (as marriages etc.).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मञ्चmañca[mañk-a] m. platform on columns (for spectators), dais; couch; pedestal: -ka, m. n. id., i-kâ, f. chair…

    [mañk-a] masculine platform on columns (for spectators), dais; couch; pedestal: -ka, masculine neuter the same, i-kâ, feminine; also equal for chair; trough on legs; (a) pîtha, neuter seat on a platform.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मञ्चmañcam. a stage or platform on a palace or on columns, raised seat, dais, throne MBh. Ka1v. &c.
    1. masculine gender a stage or platform on a palace or on columns, raised seat, dais, throne MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    2. masculine gender a bedstead, couch Ragh. Scholiast or Commentator DivyA7v.
    3. masculine gender a pedestal Baudh.
    4. masculine gender an elevated platform or shed raised on bamboos in a field (where a watchman is stationed to protect the crop from cattle, birds etc.) W.
    5. masculine gender (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.
  2. चित्रमञ्चcitramañcam. (in music) a kind of measure.

    masculine gender (in music) a kind of measure.

  3. निर्मञ्चनnirmañcanan. = नी-राजन ib. Sch. (w.r. ˚मञ्छन Kum. xiii, 18, with v.l. ˚उञ्छन).

    neuter gender Equivalent to नी-राजन ibidem Scholiast or Commentator (wrong reading that the rest of a word is to be suppliedमञ्छन Kum. xiii, 18, with varia lectio that the rest of a word is to be suppliedउञ्छन).

  4. निर्मञ्च्nirmañc(ind.p. -मञ्च्य), to perform the ceremony of lustration with anything (acc.) Naish.

    (indeclinablepage and participle -मञ्च्य), to perform the ceremony of lustration with anything (accusative) Naish.

  5. प्रतिमञ्चpratimañcam. (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.

    masculine gender (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.

  6. प्रतिमञ्चकpratimañcakam. (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.

    masculine gender (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.

  7. मञ्चकmañcakamn. a stage or platform &c. (see मञ्च) MBh.
    1. mn. a stage or platform etc. (see मञ्च) MBh.
    2. mn. a couch, bed Katha1s.
    3. mn. any frame or stand (especially one for holding fire) TA1r. Scholiast or Commentator
    4. masculine gender (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.
  8. मञ्चकगतmañcakagatamfn. gone to bed Sa1h.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective gone to bed Sa1h.