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Perhaps related to मन्थर(manthara, “lazy, tardy”), with further origin uncertain.
Turner derives both words from a hypothetical root *मन्द्(mand, “to stand still”), itself perhaps a derivative of मन्(man, “to wait”) (whence अममन्(amaman, “had waited”)), from Proto-Indo-European*men-(“to stay, remain”); this "to wait" sense of मन्(man) is much less frequent than the "to think" sense in Sanskrit and does not show up in most dictionaries.
Similarity in semantics and phonetics with other words makes the case for a substrate borrowing very likely.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 312
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 581