9 P. (mṛdgati, mṛdita) 1 To squeeze, press, rub: mama ca mṛditaṃ kṣaumaṃ bālye tvadaṃgavivartanaiḥ Ve. 5. 40.

2 To trample or tread upon; crush, dash to pieces, kill, destroy, pound bruise, pulverize; tāvamadardikhādīcca Bk. 15. 15; balānyamṛdgānnalinābhavaktraḥ R. 18. 5.

3 To rub, stroke, rub against, touch; Śi. 4. 61.

4 To overcome, surpass.

5 To wipe away, rub off, remove.

6 (In astr.) To pass through...

f. [mṛdyate mṛd karmaṇi kvip] 1 Clay, earth, loam; amīdaṃ kumumabhavaṃ madeva dhatte mṛdgaṃdhaṃ na hi kusumā ni dhārayaṃti. Subhāsh.; prabhavati śucirbiṃbodgrāhe maṇirna mṛdāṃ cayaḥ U 2. 4.

2 A piece of earth, lump of clay.

3 A mound of earth.

4 A kind of fragrant earth. Comp. kaṇaḥ a small clod or lump of earth. karaḥ a potter. kāṃsyaṃ an earthen vessel. kirā an earth- worm. gaḥ a kind of fish....

(cf. mrad and mṛḍ) cl.9 P. mṛdnāti (cl.1. P. A1. m/ardati, te MBh.; cf. Naigh. ii, 14; pf. P. mamarda, 3. pl. mamṛduh. or mamarduḥ A1. mamṛde MBh.; aor., amaradīt Gr.; fut., mardiṣyati, te ib.; inf. marditum MBh.; tos Br.; -mrad/e ib.; ind.p., mriditvā Pa1n2.... in comp. for 2. mṛd. 106312 830,1 167220 m. a heap of earth, Ka1tyS3r. Sch. 106313 830,1 167221 f. (for śak) clay-cart, N. of a celebrated Sanskr2it...