1. mṛj
1. mṛj ( cf. √ marj, mārj and mṛś) cl. 2. P. mārṣṭi ( Ved. also Ā. mṛṣṭe and cl. 6. P. Ā. mṛjati, te, 3. pl. mṛñjata, RV. ; Pot. mṛñjyāt, ŚBr. ; cl. 1. P. A. mārjati, te, MBh. ; pf. mamārja, mamṛje, AV. &c.; 3. pl. mamārjuḥ, MBh. ; māmṛjuḥ, RV. ; Ā. māmṛje, jīta, ib. ; aor. amṛkṣat, ṣata, RV. ; MBh. ; amārkṣīt and amārjīt, Br. ; fut. mraṣṭā, Br. ; mārṣṭā or mārjitā Gr. ; mrakṣyate or mārkṣyate, Br. &c.; mārjiṣyati Gr. ; inf. marṣṭum, mārṣṭum and mārjitum, MBh. &c.; ind.p. mṛṣṭvā, AV. ; mṛjya, AV. ; mārjya, Kāv. ), to wipe, rub, cleanse, polish, clean, purify, embellish, adorn ( Ā. also ‘one's self’), RV. &c. &c.; to make smooth, curry ( e.g. a horse or other animal), RV. ; to stroke, R. ; to wipe off or out, remove, destroy, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to wipe off or transfer (impurity, debt &c.) from one's self upon ( loc. ), AV. ; to carry away, win, RV. i, 174, 4 ; (mārṣṭi), to go, Naigh. ii, 14 ( Nir. xiii, 3 ) : Caus. or cl. 10. marjayati, te ( Ved. , mārjayati, te, Br. &c.; aor. amamārjat Gr. ; amīmṛjanta, Br. ; Pass. mārjate, Kāv. ), to wipe, rub, cleanse, purify, adorn, RV. &c. &c. ; to wipe off, remove, destroy, Yājñ. ; Bhartṛ. ; (marjayate), to move about, roam, RV. vii, 39, 3 ( Sāy. ) : Desid. mimārjiṣati and mimṛkṣati Gr. : Intens. marmṛjīti (jma, janta, p. jāna), marmṛjyate, RV. ; AV. ; marīmṛjyate, Br. ; marmārṣṭi Gr. ; to rub or wipe off, clean, purify ( A. also ‘one's self’).