Manda´ne

( 3 syl. ), wife of Zamti, the Chinese mandarin, and mother of Hamet. Hamet was sent to Corea to be brought up by Morat, while Mandanê brought up Zaphimri (under the name of Etan), the orphan prince and only surviving representative of the royal race of China. Hamet led a party of insurgents against Ti´murk an´, was seized, and ordered to be put to death as the supposed prince. Mandanê tried to save him, confe ed he was not the prince; and Etan came forward as the real “orphan of China.” Timurkan, unable to solve the mystery, ordered both to death, and Mandanê with her husband to the torture; but Mandanê stabbed herself.—Murphy, The Orphan of China (1759). Mandane (2 syl. ), the heroine of Mdlle. Scud´eri’s romance called Cyrus the Great (1650).