mardana मर्दन

Definition: मर्दन a. (-नी f.) [मृद्-ल्यु ल्युट् वा] Crushing, grinding, destroying, tormenting, rubbing, &c.; सलक्ष्मणं राघवमाजि- मर्दनम् Rām.5.37.67. -नम् 1 Crushing, grinding. -2 Rubbing, shampooing; मदर्नं गुणवर्धनम्. -3 Anointing (with unguents &c.). -4 Pressing, kneading. -5 Paining, tormenting, afflicting. -6 Destroying. -7 Devastating, laying waste. -8 Opposition of planets. -9 Breaking up (as of ice &c.).


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