1. mrdü-
mrdü- Adj. zart, schwach, mild, weich (AV +); mradistha- weichst. mradiyas- weicher (Su). - Mi., dard., ni., pä. mudu- sanlt. usw. (Tu 10292 [mit Verweisen)). - Iir., vgl. paräti marö 'soft — [Mayrhofer, s.v. mrdü-, p. 400]
The corpus record — Sanskrit
mṛdā
Adj
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Where it lives
- Chandogya Upanisad 5 · 1.07/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. mṛḍ
mṛḍ ( RV. mṛ) cl. 6. P. ( Dhātup. xxviii, 38 ), mṛḍati (mṛati; once Ā. mṛḍase, Kāṭh. ) cl. 9. P. mṛḍnāti ( xxxi, 44 ), cl. 10., mṛḍayati (mṛayati), te; mṛṇḍayati (?), xxxii, 117 ( pf. mamarḍa Gr. ; mamṛḍyuḥ, RV. ; amarḍīt Gr. ; fut. marḍitā, ḍiṣyati, ib. ; inf. marḍitum, ib. ; ind.p. mṛḍitvā, Pāṇ. i, 2, 7 ), to be gracious or favourable, pardon, spare (with dat. of pers. and acc. of thing), RV. &c. &c.; to treat kindly, make happy, rejoice, delight (with acc. ), BhP. : Caus. marḍayati ( aor. amīmṛḍat, or amamarḍat) Gr. : Desid. mimarḍiṣati, ib. : Intens. marīmṛḍyate, marīmarṭṭi, ib.
3. mṛḍa
mṛḍa mfn. showing compassion or mercy, gracious, Kāṭh. ; ĀśvGṛ.
4. mṛd
1. mṛd ( cf. √ mrad and mṛḍ) cl. 9. P. mṛdnāti ( cl. 1. P. Ā. mardati, te, MBh. ; cf. Naigh. ii, 14 ; pf. P. mamarda, 3. pl. mamṛduh. or mamarduḥ Ā. mamṛde, MBh. ; aor. , amaradīt Gr. ; fut. , mardiṣyati, te, ib. ; inf. marditum, MBh. ; tos, Br. ; mrade, ib. ; ind.p. , mriditvā, Pāṇ. i, 2, 7 ; mṛdya, Br. &c.; mardam, Kāv. ), to press, squeeze, crush, pound, smash, trample down, tread upon, destroy, waste, ravage, kill, slay, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to rub, stroke, wipe ( e.g. the forehead), ib. ; to rub into, mingle with ( instr. ), Suśr. ; to rub against, touch, pass through (a constellation), VarBṛS. ; to overcome, surpass, Bhaṭṭ. : Caus. mardayati ( mc. also te; aor. amīmridat or amamardat), to press or squeeze hard, crush, break, trample down, oppress, torment, plague, destroy, kill, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to rub, Kāv. ; Kathās. ; to cause to be trampled down, KātyŚr. , Sch. : Desid. mimardiṣati, to desire to crush or pound, MBh. Intens. marmartti (only Impv. ttu, RV. ii, 23, 6 ), to crush, grind down, destroy; marīmartti and marimṛdyate Gr. [ cf. Gk. ἀ-μαλδ-ύνω and under mṛdu.]
5. mṛd
2. mṛd f. earth, soil, clay, loam, VS. &c., &c.
6. mṛdā
mṛdā f. clay, loam, earth, ŚvetUp.
In the wild
- mṛdā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.2
- mṛdā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,6.2
- mṛdu Chandogya Upanisad chup_2,22.1
- mṛdu Chandogya Upanisad chup_2,22.2
- mṛdo Chandogya Upanisad chup_6,2.2
- mṛdo Chandogya Upanisad chup_6,3.1
6 of 7 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. mrd (vol. 2, scan p. 863; entry #6461).
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