Mana

Mana is a Polynesian concept of power, often in a supernatural context.

Mana may also refer to:

Cultural anthropology

• māna, a concept in Buddhism, one of the defilements
• Mana Genita, a Roman goddess who presided over burials
• Mana mutra, the practice of drinking one's own urine as a medicine
• Mana, another name for the underworld, tuonela, in Finnic mythology

Geographic names

Communities

• Maňa, a village in Slovakia
• Mana (Ivanjica), village in Serbia
• Mana (New Zealand electorate), located north of Wellington
• Mana (woreda), a district in Ethiopia
• Mana, French Guiana, a commune of French Guiana
• Mana, a village in Selişte, Orhei Commune, Moldova
• Mana, New Zealand, a suburb of Porirua, New Zealand
• Mana, Guinea
• La Maná Canton, a canton of Ecuador
• Mana, Burkina Faso, a town
• Eshkaft-e Manā, alternative name of Farajabad, Lali, Iran
• Mana, India, a village at the foot of the Mana Pass in India

Features

• Mana Island (disambiguation)
• Mana Pass, a Himalayan mountain pass between India and Tibet
• Mana (river), a river in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
• Måna, a river in Tinn, Norway

Politics

• Mana Movement, formerly called the Mana Party, New Zealand party formed in 2011
• Mana Party (India), formed in 2007

Music

• Maná, a Mexican rock group
• Mana Mana, a Finnish rock group
• Mana (Finnish musician)
• Mana (Japanese musician)
• Mana, Japanese musician and member of Chai
• Mana (Nemesea album)

Gaming

• Mana (gaming), a common attribute in role-playing games
• Mana (series)
• MaNa, an esports player on Team Liquid

Other uses

• Mana (given name)
• Mana Contemporary, a cultural centre in Jersey City
• Mana, title in Wink (manhwa), Korean prints and comics
• Mana netznetz, a former name of Netznetz, a system for distributing grants to the arts in Vienna
• Mana College, a decile two secondary school in Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand

See also

• MANA (disambiguation)
• Manas (disambiguation)
• Manna, a food produced for the Israelites in the desert