maRqaka
maṇḍaka , ( 1 ) doubtless error for mandaka = manda, sluggish, indolent : LV 143.11 (prose) (kiṃ vayaṃ) maṇḍakasyopasthānaṃ ( v.l. maṇḍasyo°) kariṣyāma iti; confirmed in mg. Tib. ; and no other mg. seems possible in context; ( 2 ) for maṇḍaka SP 52.1 read maṇḍuka (or less likely maḍḍuka ).
Maṇḍaka [from maṇḍa] 1. the cream of the milk, whey, in dadhi° whey S II 111. 2. the scum of stagnant water, i.e. anything that floats on the surface and dirties the water, water-weeds, moss etc. Ja II 304 (gloss sevāla).
(nt, nt, from maṇḍa) best part; cream; essence; fine extract Construction: √maṇḍ + a + ka maṇḍa + ka