mf(ā-)n. (allied to2. mand-and manda-,but in some meanings rather fr.math-) slow (literally and figuratively;often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'"slow in") , lazy, tardy, indolent, dull, stupid, silly etc. ( mantharamam-ind.)
मन्थर a. [मन्थ्-अरच्] 1 Slow, dull, tardy, lazy, inactive; गर्भमन्थरा Ś.4; प्रत्यभिज्ञानमन्थरो$भवत् ibid; स्थाने खल्वयं प्रसवमन्थरो$भूत् M.5; दरमन्थरचरणविहारम् Gīt.11; Śi.6.4;7.18;5.62; R.19.21. -2 Stupid, foolish, silly; मन्थरकौलिकः. -3 Low, deep, hollow, having a low tone. -4 Large, broad, wide, big. -5 Bent, crooked, curved. -6 Indicating, showing (सूचक). -रः 1 A store, treasure. -2 The hair of the head. -3 Wrath, anger. -4 Fresh butter. -5 A churning-stick. -6 Hindrance, an obstacle. -7 A stronghold. -8 Fruit. -9 A spy, an informer. -1 The month Vaiśākha. -11 The mountain Mandara. -12 An antelope. -रा N. of a humpbacked nurse or slave of Kaikeyī who instigated her mistress, on the eve of Rāma's coronation as heir-apparent, to beg of her husband by the two boons formerly promised to her by him, the banishment of Rāma for fourteen years and the installation of Bharata on the throne; मन्थरां प्रविशस्वादौ कैकेयीं च ततः परम् A. Rām. -रम् Safflower. -Comp. -विवेक a. slow in judgment, void of discrimination; उन्मथ्य मन्थरविवेकमकाण्ड एव Māl.1.18.
a. slow, tardy, indolent; dull, stupid, foolish; bent, curved, crooked, humpbacked; --°ree;, slow to or in: -m or °ree;--, ad. slowly; m. N. of a tortoise: -ka, m. N.; N. of a tortoise; N. of a foolish weaver; N. of a humpback; -tâ, f. slowness; -½abhidhâ na, a. named Manthara.
adjective bent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
broad (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bulky (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
crooked (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
curved (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
deep (as sound) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dull (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hollow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
humpbacked (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
indolent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
large (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lazy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
low (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
silly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
slow (lit. and fig) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stupid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tale-bearing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tardy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wide (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a churning-stick (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a fortress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a spy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a treasure or hair or anger (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an antelope (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an obstacle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fruit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hindrance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a tortoise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the month Vaiśākha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stronghold (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the mountain Mandara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
whirling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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