Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

mṛj मृज् – clean; wipe; polish

adjective · verbal root · Word type unspecified · verb

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AYI dictionary verbal root

clean; wipe; polish

Cappeller 1891 verb

Original text · English · verb

mṛj mā́rṣṭi mṛṣṭé ·v (mṛjáti, mṛjá°te, mārjati, mārja°te), marjáyati, °te & mārjáyati, °te, pp. mṛṣṭá (q.v.), mṛjita & mārjita (q.v.) wipe, clean, polish, rub, stroke, adorn (M. also refl.); wipe off, remove, destroy, get rid of (acc.); (also M.) wipe off (a guilt, i.e. throw it) upon (loc.); M. take away, carry off, win. I. marmṛjyáte, marīmṛjyate, etc. wipe or clean repeatedly, M. one's self. -- anu wipe down, smooth, purify. apa wipe off, remove, throw upon (loc.). ava stroke down wards, wipe away. ā wipe off, clean, purify. ud stroke upwards; wipe off, clean, adorn; M. refl., also carry off, win. upa stroke, wipe, polish. ni rub in or upon (loc.), rub or wipe off (M. refl.), lead to, bestow on (loc.); M. take for one's self, carry off. nis wipe off, destroy. pari wipe all round, rub, stroke, polish, clean, purify; wipe away, remove, destroy, get rid of (acc.). pra wipe, polish, clean, stroke; wipe off, remove, destroy, frustrate. vi wipe off, rub dry, clean, purify, embellish, adorn (tanvṛm refl.), stroke, smear, anoint. sam rub off, sweep clean, strain, filter, purify, stroke; wipe off, remove, destroy. -- Cf. unmṛṣṭa, parimṛṣṭa, pramṛṣṭa, saṃmṛṣṭa.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

mṛj 1 . mṛj [cf. rts. mārj, mṛś], cl. 2. P. mārṣṭi (ep. also A. mārṣṭe, 3rd pl. mṛjanti or mārjanti; Ved. 3rd sing. mṛjati, -te), Impf. amārṭ (3rd pl. amṛjan or amārjan), Impv. mārṣṭu (2nd sing. mṛḍḍhi), mamārja (3rd pl. mamṛjus or mamārjus), mārjiṣyati or mārkṣ- yati (Ved. mrakṣyate), amārjīt or amārkṣīt (Ved. amṛkṣat), mārjitum or mārṣṭum, to wipe, rub, cleanse, clean, purify, wash off, clear away; to rub, stroke; to make smooth or glossy, curry (as a horse); to deck, adorn, make ready; (A.) to wipe off (impu- rity from one's self) upon some one else (loc. c.); to go (Ved.); cl. 1. P. marjati, mṛñjati, &c., to sound, (in this sense connected with rts. muj, muñj, cf. rt. mārj); cl. 10. P. A. or Caus. mārjayati, -te (Ved. marjayati, -te), -yitum, to wipe off; to wash or cleanse one's self (in this sense only A.), purify one's self, become purified; to adorn; to move about, (according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda VII. 39, 3. marjayanta = paricaryante): Pass. mṛjyate, Aor. amārji, to be wiped or washed, &c.: Caus. mārja- yati, -yitum, Aor. amamārjat or amīmṛjat, to cause to wipe or cleanse, &c.: Desid. mimārjiṣati or mimṛkṣati: Intens. marīmṛjyate (Ved. mar- mṛjyate), marīmārṣṭi, marimārṣṭi, marmār- ṣṭi, to rub or wipe off repeatedly, to keep rubbing or wiping off; (A.) to be continually cleansing one's self; [cf. Zend marez, ‘to wipe:’ Gr. ἀμέλγ-ω, ἄμελξις, ἀμολγεύ-ς, ἀμολγαῖο-ς, ἀμέργ-ω, ἀμοργός, ἀμόργη, ὀμόργ-νυ-μι, ὄμοργ-μα, γλάγος (for μλάγος), γάλα, γάλακτος (for μλακτο): Lat. mulg-e-o, mulc-tu-s, mulctra, mulctru-m, merg-a, merg-e(t)s, mulier, lac (for mlac): Old Germ. milch-u, ‘I milk:’ Goth. miluks, ‘milk:’ Angl. Sax. meoluc, meolc, melcan, mearc, mearcian, ge-mearc: Slav. mlz-a: Lith. melz-u: perhaps Hib. breugaim, ‘I soothe;’ bleaghaim, ‘I milk.’]

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

2. mṛj, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, (at the end of a comp.) wiping, rubbing; wiping off or away.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

1. mṛj; add — also cl. 1. 3rd sing. mārjati, 2nd sing. Impv. A. mārjasva.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

mṛj Adj. in dharma˚.

Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root

Original text · English · verbal root

mṛj — wipe

Apte 1890 verbal root

Original text · English · verbal root

mṛj I. 1 P. (mārjati) To sound. II. 2 P., 10 U. (mārṣṭi, mārjayati te, mamārjaṃ mārjayāṃcakāra-cakre, amārjit-amārkṣīt, amamārjat-ta mārjiṣyati, mārkṣyati, mārjayiṣyati-te, mārjituṃ-mārṣṭuṃ, mārjayituṃ, mṛṣṭa, marjita desid. mimṛkṣati or mimārjiṣati) 1 To wipe or wash off, cleanse, clean, sweep clean (fig. also); svedalavānmamārja Śi. 3. 79, doṣapravādamamṛjat Śi. 5. 28. 2 To rub, stroke. 3 To make smooth, curry (as a horse). 4 To dock, adorn. 5 ([Page 0876-b]) To purify, wash with water, sharpen; lalu khaḍgān mamārjuśca mamṛjuśca paraśvadhān Bk. 14. 92 (śuddhān cakruḥ or śodhitavaṃtaḥ).

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

mṛj s. marj.

Burnouf 1866 verbal root

Original text · French · verbal root

*mṛj mṛj. mārjāmi 1 et mārjmi 2 [3p. mārṣṭi; 1p. pl. mṛjmas, 3p. mṛjanti] p. mamārja; f2. mārjiṣyāmi et mārkṣyāmi a1. amārjiṣam et amārkṣam; gér. mārjitvā pp. mṛṣṭa; pf. mārgya et mṛjya. Essuyer nettoyer, khaḍgam un sabre. Oter en essuyant, aśrūṇi les larmes; effacer, kilviṣam un péché. Caresser, pāṇinā avec la main. Lat. mulceo [mulgeo]; gr. άμέλγω, ὀμόργνυμι; germ. melken; ?.

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DYS 2 occurrences
DYS 54–59: The Yogi’s Hut 1 occurrence

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

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