Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

mardana मर्दन – massaging; rubbing

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

massaging; rubbing

Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

mardana ·f. ī crushing, grinding, rubbing, pressing, afflicting, destroying (gen or --°); n. the action of crushing etc., also anointing with (°--).

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Mardana, as, ī, am, crushing, grinding, pound- ing, bruising, rubbing, pressing, destroying, ruining; attacking, subduing, plaguing, tormenting; a crusher, destroyer, annihilator, &c., (candrārka-mardana, ‘the tormenter of the sun and moon,’ an epithet of Rāhu); (as), m., N. of a king of the Vidyā-dharas; (am), n. the act of crushing, grinding, destroying; the act of pressing, kneading, rubbing; paining, afflicting; laying waste, devastating; breaking up (as of ice, snow, &c.); opposition (of planets; cf. graha-m˚); the act of rubbing the body, rubbing in unguents, anointing; [cf. ari-m˚, kāma-m˚, kāsa-m˚, pāṃsu-m˚.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

mardana (wie eben) 1〉 nom. ag. (f. ī) dass.: ditijasaṃghānām MBH. 13,971. ari˚ MBH. 1,2487. MBH. 3,11944. MBH. 3,12039. MBH. 3,15679. MBH. 13,796. MBH. 13,798. N. 12,77. śatru˚ KATHĀS. 42,125. sarvakṣatriya˚ MBH. 1,5125. kṣatriya˚ MBH. 7,3652. MBH. 7,5060. amitrabala˚ R. 2,93,23 (R. 2,102,25 GORR.). devadānava˚ R. 4,61,46. daityadānava˚ N. 4,11. vīra˚ BHĀG. P. 8,11,10. para˚ BHĀG. P. 12. kāliya˚ PAÑCAR. 3,14,35. kula˚ KATHĀS. 70,104. rāhuṃ candrārkamardanam angreifend, plagend, quälend MBH. 1,2539. (graham) arkendumardanam MBH. 1,2676. samiti˚ im Kampfe die Feinde hart mitnehmend MBH. 9,3063. samara˚ MBH. 13,1195. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Fürsten der Vidyādhara KATHĀS. 48,78. — 3〉 n. das Zerdrücken, Zerreiben, Vernichten; Drücken, Reiben: = praiṣa AK. 3,4,29,221. kaṇṭakānām P. 3,3,116, Sch. durgakaṇṭakamardanaiḥ (so ist zu lesen) Spr. 4463, v. l. ikṣudaṇḍāstilāḥ śūdrāḥ kāntā kāñcanamedinī . candanaṃ tāmbūlaṃ mardanaṃ guṇavardhanam .. VṚDDHA-CĀṆ. 9,13. khala = dhānyādimardanasthāna KULL._zu_M. 11,17. yavakhala = yavamardana Schol. zu ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 14,40,15. teṣām — āsīdveṇūnāmiva mardanam BHĀG. P. 3,4,2. GĪT. 2,6. ari˚ KATHĀS. 30,87. pararāṣṭrāṇām des Verwüsten MBH. 12,2463. hima˚ das Vernichten —, Auflösen des Schnees BHĀG. P. 3,26. BHĀG. P. 3,40. in der Astr. Reibung so v. a. Kampf, Opposition (der Planeten) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,49. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 16,40. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 17,3. das Reiben, Frottiren; Einreiben, Einsalben AK. 3,3,22. Spr. 775. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 320,a,8. keśa˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 217,a,14. tailādinā śiraḥsahitadehamardanam KULL_zu_M. 2,178. abhyaṅga˚ PAÑCAT. 238. PAÑCAT. 7. tailakajjalamardanaiḥ KATHĀS. 4,57. — Vgl. ari˚, ahimardanī, kāmamardana, kāsa˚, graha˚, pāṃsu˚, madhvamukha˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

mardana vgl. keśa˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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

mardana — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) zerdrückend, zerreibend, zermalmend, vernichtend, hart mitnehmend, angreifend, plagend, quälend; mit Gen. oder am Ende eines Comp. samara˚ und samita˚ in Kampfe die Feinde hart mitnehmend. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Fürsten der Vidyādhara. — 3〉 n. — a〉 das Zerdrücken, Zerreiben, Zermalmen, Verwüsten, Vernichten, Verschwindenmachen. — b〉 das Reiben, Frottiren. ˚śālā f. Ind. St. 15,398. — c〉 in der Astr. Reibung, so v. a. Kampf, Opposition (der Planeten). — d〉 das Einreiben, Einsalben, — mit (Instr.) — e〉 das Kämmen in keśa˚.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

mardana a. (nī f.) [mṛd-lyu lyuṭ vā] 1 Crushing, grinding, destroying, tormenting, rubbing, &c. — naṃ Crushing, grinding. 2 Rubbing, ([Page 0847-a]) shampooing. 3 Anointing (with unguents &c.). 4 Pressing, kneading. 5 Paining, tormenting, afflicting. 6 Destroying. 7 Devastating, laying waste. 8 Opposition of planets. 9 Breaking up (as of ice &c.).

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

mardana, f. ī zerdrückend, vernichtend, plagend (Gen. o. —˚). n. das Zerdrücken, Zermalmen, Vernichten.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

mardana n. action de broyer, de mettre en poudre; frottement. — M. broyeur, briseur, frotteur.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 73–78: Kevala Kumbhaka 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 2.11-2.14: Measure of Practice 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.39-3.40: Kumbhaka-Kraft 1 occurrence

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