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mṛdu मृदु – mild

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

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mṛdú ·(f. mṛdú & mṛdvī́) soft, tender, delicate, mild, gentle, weak, moderate; m. n. softness, gentleness.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

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Mṛdu, us, us or vī, u (compar. mradīyas, su- perl. mradiṣṭha, q. q. v. v.; cf. rt. mrad, from which in Uṇādi-s. 1. 29. mṛdu is said to be de- rived), ‘easily pressed or squeezed,’ soft, tender, sup- ple, flexible, pliant; mild, gentle; weak, moderate; blunt; slow; (us), m. the planet Saturn [cf. manda]; N. of a king; (vī), f. a vine with red grapes [cf. mṛ- dvīkā]; (u), n. softness, mildness, gentleness; [cf. Gr. βραδύς (fr. μραδύς like βροτό-ς fr. μροτό-ς); Lat. bardus, mollis (fr. molvis for modvis or morvis), mollities, mollīre, blandus; Old Germ. milti; Mod. Germ., Angl. Sax., and Eng. mild; Russ. molodyĭ, ‘young;’ Hib. meirbh, ‘slow, tedious, weak.’]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

mṛdú (von mard) UṆĀDIS. 1,29. 1〉 adj., f. mṛdu und mṛdvī́ P. 4,1,44. VOP. 4,16. compar. mradīyaṃs, superl. mradiṣṭha P. 6,4,161. VOP. 7,59. weich, zart, geschmeidig (Gegens. kaṭhina, sthira, khara, krūra, tīkṣṇa, dāruṇa, paruṣa); = komala und atīkṣṇa (tīkṣṇa H. an.) AK. 3,2,27. AK. 3,4,16,97. H. 1387. H. an. 2,233. MED. d. 14. (mṛdam) hastā̀bhyāṃ mṛ̱dvīṃ kṛ̱tvā VS. 11,55. mṛdviva cchandaḥ śithiram AIT. BR. 6,16. ŚAT. BR. 3,2,1,11. sīsaṃ mṛdu ŚAT. BR. 5,4,1,10. dadhi KĀṬH. 73,3. tṛṇa GOBH. 4,7. śādvala YĀJÑ. 3,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 54,47. KATHĀS. 60,15. ayas Spr. 3185. salila Spr. 2248. Spr. 2719. modaka Spr. 2247. carman SUŚR. 1,29,8. paṭṭa SUŚR. 66,7. ˚kīla, ˚mukha SUŚR. 26,1. SUŚR. 117,17. SUŚR. 127,3. ˚māṃsa SUŚR. 2,11,15. śayyā SUŚR. 35,7. SUŚR. 80,4. sneha SUŚR. 176,12. koṣṭha SUŚR. 187,1. SUŚR. 190,8. SUŚR. 308,18. bhūmi SUŚR. 1,134,19. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 55,2. kuśeśayarajomṛdureṇuḥ panthāḥ ŚĀK. 86. marman DAŚ. 1,43. mṛgaśarīra ŚĀK. 10. aṅga RAGH. 8,56. ˚gātra VYUTP. 11. mṛdutalau caraṇau VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,2. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 70,2. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 61,10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 62,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 70,5. śirīṣamṛdvī (sītā) MAHĀN. 104 (SĀH. D. p. 65). MĀRK. P. 21,18. Haar MBH. 3,1822. R. 6,23,14. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,57. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,81. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 70,9. atha vā mṛdu vastu hiṃsituṃ mṛdunaivārabhate prajāntakaḥ RAGH. 8,45. mṛdiṣṭhātpuroḻāśasya (so die Ausg. und die Hdschrr.) aus dem weichsten Theile des Pur. ĀŚV. ŚR. 5,17,5. mṛdúhṛdaya weichherzig ŚAT. BR. 1,6,2,10. manas MĀRK. P. 100,8. kṛpāmṛdumanas RAGH. 9,57. weich, mild von Personen AV. 3,25,4 (f. mṛdu so v. a. zärtlich). M. 4,246. M. 7,140. MBH. 3,1064. prasahyakāriṇaḥ kecitkārpāsamṛdavo 'pare MBH. 13,2093. MBH. 13,3026. R. 2,21,11. R. 2,45,8. Spr. 2250. fgg. Spr. 3923. Spr. 4503. fgg. Spr. 4662. fgg. Spr. 4745. fg. kāntā mṛduḥ Spr. 5224. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 8,8. BṚH. 24,12. HIT. 81,22. mṛduparuṣaguṇau Milde und Strenge Spr. 1314. karman Spr. 3873. KĀM. NĪTIS. 7,22. abhyupāya MBH. 1,5685. mild so v. a. schwach, mässig: kṣāra SUŚR. 1,32,6. kriyā SUŚR. 58,21. SUŚR. 129,15. agni SUŚR. 2,32,4. SUŚR. 2,180,1. raśmayaḥ MAITRYUP. 6,30 (S. 163). amṛdumayūkha VARĀH. BṚH. S. 24,22. pavana VIKR. 85. RAGH. 11,76. MBH. 14,1416. pārthasya mṛduyuddhatām MBH. 6,2572. MBH. 6,2591 (mit der ed. Bomb. ˚yuddhatāṃ zu lesen). ˚kopa VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,111. ˚saṃcaratkara Spr. 1709. ˚prayatnāvuccāryau AV. PRĀT. 1,29, Sch. mṛdumadhyādhimātratva YOGAS. 1,22. YOGAS. 2,34. schwach, keinen Widerstand zu leisten vermögend: ya èna̱ṃ hantì mṛ̱duṃ manyàmānaḥ AV. 5,18,5. namayanmṛdūn . unmūlayaṃśca kaṭhinānnṛpānvāyuriva drumān KATHĀS. 19,89. tataste mṛdavo 'bhūvangandharvāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ MBH. 3,14900. zart, mild vom Laut, Ton, von der Stimme, Rede ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 17,3. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 17,17. CHĀND. UP. 2,22,1. VS. PRĀT. 1,125 (mṛdutara Schol.). VARĀH. BṚH. S. 74,18. ˚vāc NIR. 6,31. M. 9,335. VARĀH. BṚH. 2,8. LAGHUJ. 2,14_in_Ind. St. 2,286. vāgbhirmṛdvībhiḥ R. 4,2,2. adv. in ˚bhāṣiṇī VIKR. 88. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 86,9. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 63,3. śvasiti mṛdu sudīrgham VARĀH. BṚH. S. 94,12. svanasi mṛdu ŚĀK. 22. sanft vom Gange: ˚gāminī MBH. 3,16746. SĀV. 5,105 (gaja st. mṛdu MBH. 3,16853). MĀRK. P. 16,25. ˚gati (vāta) ŚUK. ed. Bomb. 4. mṛdu (Synonym saumya) sanft als Gesammtname für die Nakṣatra Anurādhā, Citrā, Revatī und Mṛgaśiras VARĀH. BṚH. S. 55,31. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 60,21; vgl. WEBER, JYOT. 36. Nax. 2,384. fg. — 2〉 m. a〉 der Planet Saturn (vgl. manda) VARĀH. BṚH. 4,22. VARĀH. BṚH. 14,4. — b〉 N. pr. eines Mannes gaṇa vidādi zu P. 4,1,104. eines Fürsten VP. 462. — 3〉 f. ī Weinstock mit röthlichen Trauben RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. Vgl. mṛdvīkā. — 4〉 n. Milde: mṛdukrūre M. 1,29. alaṃ cāhaṃ mṛdave dāruṇāya ca MBH. 5,938. mṛdunā dāruṇaṃ hanti mṛdunā hantyadāruṇam MBH. 3,1059. Spr. 950. Spr. 2249. Spr. 4288. Spr. 4994. m.: candanasya mṛduḥ P. 2,2,8, Vārtt. 3, Sch. — Vgl. 1. 3. mārdava.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

mṛdú — 1〉 Adj. (f. mṛḍú) und mṛdvī́ — a〉 weich, zart, geschmeidig (Compar. mṛḍutara TS. PRĀT. Chr. 296,14); mild, sanft. So heissen die Mondhäuser Anurādhā, Citrā, Revatī und Mṛgaśiras. — b〉 mild, so v. a. schwach, mässig. — c〉 schwach, keinen Widerstand zu leisten vermögend. — d〉 langsam; in der Astron. so v. a. in der oberen Apsis stehend GAṆIT. GRAH. 14. — 2〉 m. n. Milde. — 3〉 m. — a〉 der Planet Saturn. — b〉 N. pr. verschiedener Männer VP.². — 4〉 f. mṛḍu Aloe perfoliata RĀJAN. 5,45. — 5〉 f. mṛdvī Weinstock mit röthlichen Trauben RĀJAN. 11,103.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

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mṛdu a. [mṛd-ku] (du or dvī f.; ([Page 0877-b]) compar, mradīyas; superl. mradiṣṭha) 1 Soft, tender, supple, pliant, delicate; mṛdu tīkṣṇataraṃ yaducyate tadidaṃ manmatha dṛśyate tvayi M. 3. 2; athavā mṛdu vastu hiṃsituṃ mṛdunaivārabhate prajāṃtakaḥ R. 8. 45, R. 8. 57; Ś. 1. 10; Ś. 4. 10. 2 Soft, mild, gentle; na kharo na ca bhūyasā mṛduḥ R. 8. 9; bāṇaṃ kṛpāmṛdumanāḥ pratisaṃjahāra R. 9. 57 ‘with his mind softened with pity’; taṃ kṛpāmṛduravekṣya bhārgavaṃ R. 11. 83; Ś. 6. 1; maharṣimṛdutāmagacchat R. 5. 54 ‘relented’; khātamūlamanilo nadīrayaiḥ pātayatyapi mṛdustaṭadrumaṃ R. 11. 76 ‘even a soft or gentle breeze’ &c. 3 Weak, feeble; sarvathā mṛdurasau rājā H. 3; tataste mṛdavo'bhūvan gaṃdharvāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ Mb. 4 Moderate. 5 Blunt. 6 Slow. — duḥ The planet Saturn. — du n. Softness, gentleness. — du ind. Softly, gently, in a sweet manner; svanasi mṛdu karṇāṃtikacaraḥ Ś. 1. 24; vādayate mṛdu veṇuṃ Gīt. 5. Comp. — aṃga a. of delicate limbs. — (gī) a delicate woman. — utpalaṃ the soft i. e. blue lotus. — kāṣṇāryasaṃ lead. — koṣṭha a. having bowels which are relaxed or easily affected by medicines. — gamana a. having a gentle or lounging gait. — (nā) a goose, female swan. — carmin, — chadaḥ, -tvac, -tvacaḥ m. a kind of birch tree. — patraḥ a rush or reed. — parvakaḥ, -parvan m. a reed, cane. — puṣpaḥ the Śirīṣa tree. — pūrva a. gentle at first, bland, coaxing. — phalaṃ N. of a plant (vikakata). — bhāṣin a. sweet-speaking. — roman m., — romakaḥ a hare. — vargaḥ, -gaṇaḥ the group of the Nakṣatras anurādhā, mṛgaśiras, citrā and revatī. — sparśa a. soft to the touch. — hṛdaya a. kind.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

mṛdú (f. mṛdú u. mṛdvī́) weich, zart, sanft, mild schwach, langsam. m. n. Milde. Abstr. mṛdutā f., ˚tva n.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

mṛdu mṛdu a. (mṛd) lent, indolent, mou. Doux, tendre, délicat. Gr. βραδύς. — S. f. mṛdvī raisin noir. mṛdugamanā f. oie, cygne. mṛducarmin m. (carma) le bhūrja, arbre. mṛduchada m. le bhūrja; le pîlu. mṛdutvaca m. le bhūrja. mṛdunnaka n. or [métal]. mṛdupuṣpa m. mimosa śirīṣa, bot. mṛdula a. (sfx. la) lent, indolent, mou; doux. — S. n. eau douce. [Page515-1] mṛdhuromavat m. (roma) lièvre. mṛdulomaka m. (loman) lièvre. mṛduvāc a. qui parle lentement [ép. des Dasyus] Vd. mṛduvāta m. doux vent, zéphyr. mṛdūtpala n. (utpala) lotus bleu. mṛdvaṅga n. (aṅga) étain. mṛdvīkā f. (sfx. īka) raisin.

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