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Mani (name) Mani or Maney () is a common proper name in the Middle East and South Asia. In Persian, Mani (مانی) means "eternity", "thinker", and "thoughtful". It is most common in Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, and India. There are also a number of unrelated nam ...

, (), a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name) **

Mani (prophet) Mani (; – 2 March AD 274 or 26 February AD 277) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a religion most prevalent in late antiquity. Mani was born in or near Ctesiphon (south of modern Baghdad) in Me ...

(c. 216–274), a 3rd century Iranian prophet who founded Manichaeism **

Mani (musician) Gary "Mani" Mounfield (born 16 November 1962)Warshaw, AaronMani allmusic.com is an English rock bassist, best known for being a member of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream. Career Mounfield attended Xaverian College in Rusholme, Manchester. ...

(born 1962), an English rock musician **

Mani (actor) Salman Saqib Sheikh (), credited as Mani, is a Pakistani actor, politician and host. Mani is mostly known for his comic roles. He started his career as an anchor and first roadshow host before becoming a sitcom and comedy actor. He is known fo ...

(born 1975), Pakistani film and television actor and host *

Mani people The Maniq or Mani are a Negrito ethnic group of Thailand. They are more widely known in Thailand as the ''Sakai'' (), a controversial derogatory term meaning 'barbarism'. They are the only Negritos in Thailand and speak a variety of related Aslia ...

, a Negrito ethnic group from Thailand

Geography

Mani, Bihar Mani is a village near Bikramganj, in the Rohtas district of Bihar state, India. The total population of the village is 4,455 as per 2011 Census of India, spread across 558 hectares. The population is roughly equally divided between male and f ...

, a village in Bihar state of India *

Maní, Casanare Maní is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. T ...

, a town and municipality in Casanare Department, Colombia *

Mani, Chad Mani () is a town in Hadjer-Lamis region, western Chad, south of the Lake Chad, on the border with Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and no ...

, a town and sub-prefecture in Chad *

Mani, Evros Mani () is a village and a community in the municipality of Didymoteicho in the Evros regional unit, Greece. It is situated near the left bank of the river Erythropotamos, 2 km west of Karoti, 4 km northeast of Kyani Kyani ( meaning ...

, a village in northeastern Greece *

Mani, Karnataka Mani is a village in India, between Mangalore and Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the sou ...

, a village in Dakshina Kannada district of India * Mani, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran *

Mani, Nigeria Mani is a Local Government Area in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in the town of Mani. Mani was established more than 600 years ago; the Local Government was created in 1976 after the enactment of the Local Government Reforms ...

, a town in Katsina State, Nigeria *

Mani, Tibet An alphabetical list of populated places, including cities, towns, and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China. A *Alamdo *Alhar *Arza *Asog B * Baga *Bagar * Baidi *Baima * Baimai *Baixoi *Bamda *Banag *Banbar *Banggai ...

, a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China *

Maní, Yucatán Maní is a small city in Maní Municipality in the central region of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is about 100 km to the south south-east of Mérida, Yucatán, some 16 km east of Ticul. The village o ...

, a small city in Yucatán, Mexico *

East Mani East Mani ( - ''Anatolikí Máni'') is a municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Its seat of administration is the town Gytheio (before 2011 the small town Kotronas). It is a mountainous and rocky area whose economy relies on fishing, olive ...

, a municipality in the Laconia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece *

El Mani EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, fami ...

, a community on the island of Puerto Rico *

Mani Peninsula The Mani Peninsula (), also long known by its medieval name Maina or Maïna (), is a geographical and cultural region in the Peloponnese of Southern Greece and home to the Maniots (), who claim descent from the ancient Spartans. The capital ci ...

, a geographical and cultural region in Greece *

West Mani West Mani () is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kardamyli. The municipality has an area of 402.809 km2. It comprises the northwestern part of the geographic and histori ...

, a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Mani'' (web series), a 2017 Brat show *

Mâni Mâni is a form of Turkish folk song in quatrains A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines. Existing in a variety of forms, the quatrain appears in poems from the poetic traditions of various ancient civiliza ...

, a form of Turkish folk song * '' Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese'', a travelogue about the Greek peninsula by Patrick Leigh Fermor *

Mani (film) ''Mani'' is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by debutant Yograj Bhat. It features Radhika in the titular role, Mayur Patel and Umashree. While Umashree plays a prostitute, Radhika plays her daughter. The suppo ...

, a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romance film

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Maní (Amazonian legend) Maní, a Tupí myth of origins, is the name of an indigenous girl with very fair complexion. The Amazonian legend of Maní is related to the cult of Manioc ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among ...

, a legend of the indigenous tribe Tupi in Brazil *

Máni Máni (Old Norse: ; "Moon"Orchard (1997:109).) is the Lunar deity, Moon personified in Germanic mythology. Máni, personified, is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ''Prose Edd ...

, a personification of the moon in Norse mythology * Mani, informal name for the mantra of Avalokiteśvara, ''

Om mani padme hum ' (, ) is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. It first appeared in the Mahayana ''Kāraṇḍavyūha sūtra'', where it is also referr ...

'' *

Mani stone Mani stones are stone plates, rocks, or pebbles inscribed with the six-syllabled mantra of Avalokiteshvara (''Om mani padme hum'', hence the name ''mani stone'') as a form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism. The term mani stone may also be used to ...

, a stone on which the "Mani" mantra is inscribed *

Mani Jewel A Mani Jewel () or "maṇi-ratna" refers to any of various jewels or crystal mentioned in Buddhist literature as either metaphors for several concepts in Buddhist philosophy or as mythical relics. The word ''mani'' is simply Tamil, Sanskrit and Pal ...

, any of various jewels mentioned in Buddhist literature **

Manipur (disambiguation) Manipur is a state in India. Manipur may also refer to: * Manipur Kingdom The Manipur Kingdom, also known as Meckley, was an ancient kingdom at the India–Burma frontier. Historically, Manipur was an independent kingdom ruled by a ...

(), various places in India * Al-Māniʿ, one of the

names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...

, meaning "''Withholder''" and ''"Defender''". *

Mani stick fighting Mani may refer to: People * Mani (name), (), a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name) ** Mani (prophet) (c. 216–274), a 3rd century Iranian prophet who founded Manichaeism ** Mani (musician) (born 1962), an Englis ...

, an African-derived martial art from Cuba *

Mani the parakeet Mani the parakeet (hatched 1997), also called Mani the parrot, is a Malaysian-born rose-ringed parakeet who resides in Singapore. He has been an astrologer "assistant" to M. Muniyappan since 2005, working from his Little India fortune-telling ...

, a rose-ringed parakeet that serves as an astrologer "assistant" to M. Muniyappan in Singapore *

Manicure A manicure is a mostly Cosmetics, cosmetic beauty treatment for the fingernails and Hand, hands performed at home or in a nail salon. A manicure usually consists of Nail file, filing and shaping the free edge of nails, pushing and clipping ( ...

, abbreviated "mani" * Mannosyl-oligosaccharide 1,2-alpha-mannosidase, an enzyme *

307261 Máni 307261 Máni ( provisional designation ) is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt, which is a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune. It was discovered on 18 June 2002 by Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown during their search for ...

, a large trans-Neptunian object

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