The following is not in dispute with any of the Vedic cultural implications of various kinds of Manas and the related significance of the microfilms.

 

This is limited only to the word 'mana' , its etymology as a Dravidian word.

 

DED entry from he online DED is as follows:

 

4776 Ta. maṉai

4776 Ta. maṉai house, dwelling, mansion, house-site, a land measure, wife, family, household, domestic life; maṉaiyāḷ, maṉaiyōḷ wife; maṉaivi wife, heroine of a pastoral or agricultural tract, female owner or resident of a house. Ma. mana house; brahman's wife. Ko. mantanm affairs of household; man devr household god. To. man family, household. Ka. mane habitation, abode, house, apartment, room; manetana, mantana household, household life; manetanasta householder, a worthy, honourable man. Koḍ. mane house; maneka·rë man of a house. Tu. manè house, home; manetana household. Konḍa poṇḍeŋ mane cowshed (cf. 4500). Cf. 4778 Ta. maṉṉu. DED(S) 3911.

This entry does not mention the Telugu verb manu = to live, to survive .

 Kannada mane and Malayaalam manaTamil mania etc. seem to be related to this root  manu= to live. 

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