Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [mṛd-ku] (du or dvī f.; [Page0877-b+ 57] compar, mradīyas; superl. mradiṣṭha) 1 Soft, tender, supple, pliant, delicate; mṛdu tīkṣṇataraṃ yaducyate tadidaṃ manmatha dṛśyate tvayi M. 3. 2; athavā mṛdu vastu hiṃsituṃ mṛdunaivārabhate prajāṃtakaḥ R. 8. 45, 57; Ś. 1. 10; 4. 10.
2 Soft, mild, gentle; na kharo na ca bhūyasā mṛduḥ R. 8. 9; bāṇaṃ kṛpāmṛdumanāḥ pratisaṃjahāra 9. 57 ‘with his mind softened with pity’; taṃ...