Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

mṛd मृद् – rub; rub hard; rub in

verbal root · substantive feminine · Word type unspecified · verb

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AYI dictionary verbal root · substantive feminine

verbal root

rub; rub hard; rub in

substantive feminine

clay; earth

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine · verb

Original text · English · verb

mṛd mṛdnāti mardati mṛdnāti marda°te1 ·v (mradati, mrada°te) pp. mṛditá, rub, squeeze, crush, smash; wipe off, destroy. C. mardayati, °te press or rub hard, pound, crush, grind down, destroy, harass, afflict, also cause to be rubbed etc. -- abhi crush, smash, destroy, lay waste. ava the same. ud rub in, mix with (instr). ni smash, destroy, rub or strip off. pari trample down, squash, wear away, wipe off. pra crush down, bruise, pound, destroy, ravage. vi & sam the same.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

mṛ́d2 ·f. clay, loam, mound of earth or lump of clay.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive feminine

2. mṛd, t, f. earth, soil, clay, loam; a piece of earth, lump of clay; a mound of earth; a kind of fragrant earth; [cf. pāṇḍu-m˚.]

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

mṛd 1 . mṛd [cf. rts. mrad, mṛḍ], cl. 9. P. mṛdnāti (ep. also A. mṛdnīte), cl. 1. P. mardati (ep. also A. -te), mamarda (3rd pl. mamṛ- dus or mamardus), mamṛde, mardiṣyati, amar- dīt, marditum, to press, squeeze; to grind, pound, bruise, reduce to powder, pulverize; to crush, dash to pieces, trample upon, treat harshly, lay waste; to overcome, surpass; to rub, stroke, wipe, (hastena mamṛde lalāṭam, he wiped his forehead with his hand); to rub against, touch, graze, pass through (as a constellation, in astronomy); to rub away, wipe away, destroy; (according to Naigh. II. 14) to go, (in this sense cl. 1. P.): Pass. mṛdyate, to be pressed or ground, &c.: Caus. mardayati, -yitum, Aor. amamardat or amīmṛdat, to press or squeeze hard, to crush, break, trample upon, tread under foot, oppress, treat harshly, wear out, torment, plague, destroy, kill; to rub; to cause to be trampled upon, &c.: Desid. mimardiṣati, to desire to crush, wish to pound; to be about to crush, &c.: Intens. marī- mṛdyate, marīmartti, &c.; [cf. Gr. ἀ-μέρδ-ω, μύλ-η, μέλδ-ω, ἀ-μαλδ-ύν-ω, ἄ-μαλο-ς: Lat. mord- e-o, mand-o, mol-o, mol-a, malleus (for mar- deus): Goth. malvja, ‘I pound;’ mala, ‘I grind;’ malo, ‘a moth:’ Angl. Sax. s-melte, ‘to melt;’ malt, meltan, miltan, smeortan: Old Germ. smilzu; smylt, ‘serene, calm;’ malz, smerzan: Lith. malù, ‘I grind;’ mald-inu, mal-inu, ‘I cause to be ground;’ molj, ‘a moth:’ Hib. meilim, ‘I grind;’ millim, ‘I spoil, ruin.’]

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

mṛd (von mard) f. Erde, Lehm, Thon AK. 2,1,4. H. 940. HALĀY. 2,4. VS. 11,55. TS. 5,7,9,2. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,1,13. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,2,34. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,3,3. ŚAT. BR. 6,3,1,22. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,1,32. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,3,1. ŚAT. BR. 6,6,4,9. ŚAT. BR. 6,7,1,15. KĀTY. ŚR. 16,1,20. KĀTY. ŚR. 16,5,2. MAITRYUP. 6,27. M. 4,39. fg. M. 5,105. M. 5,108. fg. M. 5,111. M. 5,125. fg. M. 5,134. fg. M. 8,327. YĀJÑ. 1,17 (pl.). YĀJÑ. 3,37. Spr. 3029. Spr. 5206. SUŚR. 1,5,2. SUŚR. 1,97,16. ŚĀK. 105,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 54,7. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 55,28. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 60,9 (pl.). VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,3. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 95,13. KATHĀS. 39,138. PAÑCAR. 2,6,29. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 272,b, No. 644. kāca ist mṛdbheda AK. 3,4,5,29. ein Erd-, Lehmklumpen (vgl. malloṣṭa) M. 5,136. MĀRK. P. 34,66. eine wohlriechende Erdart RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. tadānanaṃ mṛtsurabhi RAGH. 3,33. — Vgl. pāṇḍu˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

mṛ́d f. — 1〉 Lehm, Thon. — 2〉 ein Erd-, Lehmklumpen zu Spr. 2849. — 3〉 eine wohlriechende Erdart. — 4〉 *Alaunschiefer RĀJAN. 13,63.

Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root

Original text · English · verbal root

mṛd, mrad — rub, crush

Apte 1890 verbal root · substantive feminine

Original text · English · verbal root

mṛd 9 P. (mṛdgati, mṛdita) 1 To squeeze, press, rub: mama ca mṛditaṃ kṣaumaṃ bālye tvadaṃgavivartanaiḥ Ve. 5. 40. 2 To trample or tread upon; crush, dash to pieces, kill, destroy, pound bruise, pulverize; tāvamadardikhādīcca Bk. 15. 15; balānyamṛdgānnalinābhavaktraḥ R. 18. 5. 3 To rub, stroke, rub against, touch; Śi. 4. 61. 4 To overcome, surpass. 5 To wipe away, rub off, remove. 6 (In astr.) To pass through (as a constellation). — Caus. (mardayati) = mṛd q. v. above.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

mṛd f. [mṛdyate mṛd karmaṇi kvip] 1 Clay, earth, loam; amīdaṃ kumumabhavaṃ madeva dhatte mṛdgaṃdhaṃ na hi kusumā ni dhārayaṃti . Subhāṣ.; prabhavati śucirbiṃbodgrāhe maṇirna mṛdāṃ cayaḥ U. 2. 4. 2 A piece of earth, lump of clay. 3 A mound of earth. 4 A kind of fragrant earth. Comp. — kaṇaḥ a small clod or lump of earth. — karaḥ a potter. — kāṃsyaṃ an earthen vessel. — kirā an earthworm. — gaḥ a kind of fish. — cayaḥ (mṛccayaḥ) a heap of earth. — pacaḥ a potter. — pātraṃ, -bhāṃḍaṃ earthen-ware, a vessel of clay. — piṃḍaḥ a clod of earth, a lump of clay. ˚buddhiḥ ‘clod-pated’, a blockhead; mayā ca matpiṃḍabuddhinā tathaiva gṛhītaṃ Ś. 6. — loṣṭaḥ a clod of earth. — śakaṭikā (mṛcchakaṭikā) a small car of earth, a toy-cart; (it is the name of a celebrated play by Śūdraka).

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

2. mṛ́d f. Lehm, Thon, Erde.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. mṛd s. mard u. mrad.

Burnouf 1866 verbal root · substantive feminine

Original text · French · verbal root

*mṛd mṛd. mardāmi 1. Aller.

Original text · French · verbal root

*mṛd mṛd. mṛdnāmi 9; p. mamarda; etc. Ecraser, broyer, mettre en poudre; parvatāgrāṇi les sommets des montagnes, amitrān les ennemis; froisser, puṣpāṇi hastābhyām des fleurs dans ses mains. Frotter, raser, effleurer. Qqf. dépasser. Lat. mordeo (?).

Original text · French · substantive feminine

mṛd mṛd f. terre, cf. mṛt.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 154–167: Vajrolī for the Male Yogi 1 occurrence

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HP 2 occurrences
HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 1 occurrence

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HP 4.9-4.11*4: Gaze and Lunar Nectar 1 occurrence

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