1. mfd ( cf. √ mrad and mfq ) cl. 9. P. mfdnAti ( cl. 1. P. Ā. ma/rdati , °te , MBh. ; cf. Naigh. ii, 14 ; pf. P. mamarda , 3. pl. mamfduh . or mamarduH Ā. mamfde , MBh. ; aor. , amaradIt Gr. ; fut. , mardizyati , °te , ib. ; inf. marditum , MBh. ; °tos , Br. ; -mrade/ , ib. ; ind.p. , mriditvA , Pāṇ. i, 2, 7 ; mf/dya , Br. &c.; -mardam , Kāv. ), to press, squeeze, crush, pound, smash, trample down, tread upon, destroy, waste, ravage, kill, slay, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to rub, stroke, wipe ( e.g. the forehead), ib. ; to rub into, mingle with ( instr. ), Suśr. ; to rub against, touch, pass through (a constellation), VarBṛS. ; to overcome, surpass, Bhaṭṭ. : Caus. mardayati ( mc. also °te ; aor. amImridat or amamardat ), to press or squeeze hard, crush, break, trample down, oppress, torment, plague, destroy, kill, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to rub, Kāv. ; Kathās. ; to cause to be trampled down, KātyŚr. , Sch. : Desid. mimardizati , to desire to crush or pound, MBh. Intens. marmartti (only Impv. °ttu , RV. ii, 23, 6 ), to crush, grind down, destroy; marImartti and marimfdyate Gr. [ cf. Gk. ἀ-μαλδ-ύνω and under mfdu .]
mfd 9 P. ( mfdgati, mfdita ) 1 To squeeze, press, rub: mama ca mfditaM kzOmaM bAlye tvadaMgavivartanEH Ve. 5. 40. 2 To trample or tread upon; crush, dash to pieces, kill, destroy, pound bruise, pulverize; tAvamadardiKAdIcca Bk. 15. 15 ; balAnyamfdgAnnalinABavaktraH 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 (as a constellation). — Caus. ( mardayati ) = mfd q. v. above.
mfd f. [ mfdyate mfd karmaRi kvip ] 1 Clay, earth, loam; amIdaM kumumaBavaM madeva Datte mfdgaMDaM na hi kusumA ni DArayaMti . Subhāṣ. ; praBavati SucirbiMbodgrAhe maRirna mfdAM cayaH U. 2. 4. 2 A piece of earth, lump of clay. 3 A mound of earth. 4 A kind of fragrant earth. Comp. — kaRaH a small clod or lump of earth. — karaH a potter. — kAMsyaM an earthen vessel. — kirA an earthworm. — gaH a kind of fish. — cayaH ( mfccayaH ) a heap of earth. — pacaH a potter. — pAtraM, -BAMqaM earthen-ware, a vessel of clay. — piMqaH a clod of earth, a lump of clay. °budDiH ‘clod-pated’, a blockhead; mayA ca matpiMqabudDinA taTEva gfhItaM Ś. 6. — lozwaH a clod of earth. — SakawikA ( mfcCakawikA ) a small car of earth, a toy-cart; (it is the name of a celebrated play by Śūdraka).