mfdu &c. See col. 2.
mfdu a. [ mfd-ku ] ( du or dvI f. ; ( pb ) compar, mradIyas ; superl. mradizWa ) 1 Soft, tender, supple, pliant, delicate; mfdu tIkzRataraM yaducyate tadidaM manmaTa dfSyate tvayi M. 3. 2 ; aTavA mfdu vastu hiMsituM mfdunEvAraBate prajAMtakaH R. 8. 45 , 57 ; Ś. 1. 10 ; 4. 10. 2 Soft, mild, gentle; na Karo na ca BUyasA mfduH R. 8. 9 ; bARaM kfpAmfdumanAH pratisaMjahAra 9. 57 ‘with his mind softened with pity’; taM kfpAmfduravekzya BArgavaM 11. 83 ; Ś. 6. 1 ; maharzimfdutAmagacCat R. 5. 54 ‘relented’; KAtamUlamanilo nadIrayEH pAtayatyapi mfdustawadrumaM 11. 76 ‘even a soft or gentle breeze’ &c. 3 Weak, feeble; sarvaTA mfdurasO rAjA H. 3 ; tataste mfdavo'BUvan gaMDarvAH SarapIqitAH Mb. 4 Moderate. 5 Blunt. 6 Slow. — duH The planet Saturn. — du n. Softness, gentleness. — du ind. Softly, gently, in a sweet manner; svanasi mfdu karRAMtikacaraH Ś. 1. 24 ; vAdayate mfdu veRuM Gīt. 5. Comp. — aMga a. of delicate limbs. — (gI) a delicate woman. — utpalaM the soft i. e. blue lotus. — kAzRAryasaM lead. — kozWa a. having bowels which are relaxed or easily affected by medicines. — gamana a. having a gentle or lounging gait. — (nA) a goose, female swan. — carmin , — CadaH, -tvac, -tvacaH m. a kind of birch tree. — patraH a rush or reed. — parvakaH, -parvan m. a reed, cane. — puzpaH the Śirīṣa tree. — pUrva a. gentle at first, bland, coaxing. — PalaM N. of a plant ( vikakata ). — BAzin a. sweet-speaking. — roman m. , — romakaH a hare. — vargaH, -gaRaH the group of the Nakṣatras anurADA, mfgaSiras, citrA and revatI . — sparSa a. soft to the touch. — hfdaya a. kind.