milAyati · milā + ya
fade
milāyati (= Pali id. , Skt. mlā°), wilts, withers, becomes faint : Mv iii.131.4 (prose); haritacchinnamilāyitaṃ Mv ii.232.3 (hypermetric! final half anuṣṭubh line); ppp. milāna Mv ii.393.9 ; a-milāna (-gandhamālya) ii.102.2 (prose).
to be faded; withers
Milāyati [Vedic mlā, to become soft; ldg. °melā and°mlei, as in Greek βλαξ, βλακεύω to languish; Latin flaccus withered (= flaccid); Lithuanian blakà weak spot; also Greek βληχρός weak. — Dhātup 440: "milā = gatta-vimāne" (i.e. from the bent limbs); Dhātum 679 the same] to relax, languish, fade, wither S I 126; It 76; Ja I 329; V 90. — causative milāpeti [Sanskrit mlāpayati] to make dry, to cause to wither Ja I 340 (sassaṃ); figurative to assuage, suppress, stifle Ja III 414 (taṇhaṃ). — past participle milāta.
(milā + ya), 褪色，凋謝。【過】 ~lāyi。【現分】 milāyamāna。【獨】 ~yitvā。
(pr, pr) shrinks; shrivels; withers is faded, withers Construction: milāya + ti