apAmArga
apA -mArga/ m. (√ mfj ), the plant Achyranthes Aspera (employed very often in incantations, in medicine, in washing linen, and in sacrifices), AV. ; VS. &c.
1. mfj ( cf. √ marj , mArj and mfS ) cl. 2. P. mA/rzwi ( Ved. also Ā. mfzwe/ and cl. 6. P. Ā. mfja/ti , °te , 3. pl. mfYjata , RV. ; Pot. mfYjyAt , ŚBr. ; cl. 1. P. A. mArjati , °te , MBh. ; pf. mamArja , mamfje/ , AV. &c.; 3. pl. mamArjuH , MBh. ; mAmfjuH , RV. ; Ā. mAmfje/ , °jIta , ib. ; aor. amfkzat , °zata , RV. ; MBh. ; amArkzIt and amArjIt , Br. ; fut. mrazwA , Br. ; mArzwA or mArjitA Gr. ; mrakzyate or mArkzyate , Br. &c.; mArjizyati Gr. ; inf. marzwum , mArzwum and mArjitum , MBh. &c.; ind.p. mfzwvA , AV. ; -mfjya , AV. ; -mArjya , Kāv. ), to wipe, rub, cleanse, polish, clean, purify, embellish, adorn ( Ā. also ‘one's self’), RV. &c. &c.; to make smooth, curry ( e.g. a horse or other animal), RV. ; to stroke, R. ; to wipe off or out, remove, destroy, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to wipe off or transfer (impurity, debt &c.) from one's self upon ( loc. ), AV. ; to carry away, win, RV. i, 174, 4 ; ( mArzwi ), to go, Naigh. ii, 14 ( Nir. xiii, 3 ) : Caus. or cl. 10. marjayati , °te ( Ved. , mArjayati , °te , Br. &c.; aor. amamArjat Gr. ; amImfjanta , Br. ; Pass. mArjate , Kāv. ), to wipe, rub, cleanse, purify, adorn, RV. &c. &c. ; to wipe off, remove, destroy, Yājñ. ; Bhartṛ. ; ( marjayate ), to move about, roam, RV. vii, 39, 3 ( Sāy. ) : Desid. mimArjizati and mimfkzati Gr. : Intens. marmfjIti ( °jma/ , °janta , p. °jAna/ ), marmfjya/te , RV. ; AV. ; marImfjya/te , Br. ; marmArzwi Gr. ; to rub or wipe off, clean, purify ( A. also ‘one's self’).
mfj I. 1 P. ( mArjati ) To sound. II. 2 P. , 10 U. ( mArzwi, mArjayati te , mamArjaM mArjayAMcakAra-cakre, amArjit-amArkzIt , amamArjat-ta mArjizyati, mArkzyati , mArjayizyati-te, mArjituM-mArzwuM, mArjayituM, mfzwa, marjita desid. mimfkzati or mimArjizati ) 1 To wipe or wash off, cleanse, clean, sweep clean ( fig. also); svedalavAnmamArja Śi. 3. 79 , dozapravAdamamfjat 5. 28. 2 To rub, stroke. 3 To make smooth, curry (as a horse). 4 To dock, adorn. 5 ( pb ) To purify, wash with water, sharpen; lalu KaqgAn mamArjuSca mamfjuSca paraSvaDAn Bk. 14. 92 ( SudDAn cakruH or SoDitavaMtaH ).