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manthमन्थ्1. math or (q.v.) cl. 1. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xx, 18]; [iii, 5] and [xxxi, 40]) máthati, mánthati, mathnā́ti (Ved. and ep. also Ā. máthate, mánthate and mathnīte; Impv. mathnadhvam, [MBh.]; pf. mamātha, [AV.]; 3. pl. mamathuḥ, [Vop.]; methuḥ, methire, [Br.]; mamantha, °nthuḥ, [MBh.]; aor. mathīt, [RV.]; amanthiṣṭām, [ib.]; amathiṣata, [Br.]; fut. mathiṣyati, °te; manthiṣyati, [Br.] &c.; mathitā, [MBh.]; inf. mathitum, [MBh.] &c.; °tos, [Br.]; mánthitavaí, [MaitrS.]; ind.p. mathitvā́, -máthya, [Br.] &c.; manthitvā, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 33]; -manthya and -mātham, [MBh.] &c.), to stir or whirl round, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with agnim), to produce fire by rapidly whirling round or rotating a dry stick (araṇi) in another dry stick prepared to receive it, [ib.]; (with araṇim), to rotate the stick for producing fire, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; (with ūrum, hastam &c.), to use friction upon any part of the body with the object of producing offspring from it, [Hariv.]; [BhP.]; to churn (milk into butter), produce by churning, [TS.] &c. &c. (also with two acc., e.g. sudhāṃ kṣīra-nidhim mathnāti, ‘he churns nectar out of the ocean of milk’, [Siddh.] on [Pāṇ. i, 4, 51]); to mix, mingle, [Suśr.]; to stir up, shake, agitate, trouble disturb, afflict, distress, hurt, destroy, [AV.] &c. &c.: Pass. mathyáte (ep. also °ti), to be stirred up or churned &c., [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. manthayati ([Lāṭy.]), māthayati or mathayati ([MBh.]), to cause to be stirred up or churned &c.: Desid. mimathiṣati, mimanthiṣati Gr.: Intens. māmathyate, māmantti &c., [ib.] [cf. Gk. μίνθη; Lat. mentha, menta; Lit. mentùrė; Germ. minza, Minze; Angl.Sax. minte; Eng. mint.]
strong form of √ 1. math, q.v.
manthāमन्थाf. See below
mánthā form from which comes nom. (m.) mánthās acc. °thām
See mathín, p. 777, col. 1.
mánthā f. a churning-stick B.
a mixed beverage, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
Trigonella Foenum Graecum, [L.]
manthaमन्थ&c. See under √ manth.
m. stirring round, churning, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]
shaking about, agitating, [Ragh.]; [Uttarar.]
killing, slaying, [Bālar.]
a drink in which other ingredients are mixed by stirring, mixed beverage (usually parched barley-meal stirred round in milk; but also applied to a partic. medicinal preparation), [RV.] &c. &c.
a spoon for stirring, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Kauś.]
a churning-stick, [MBh.]; [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 18]
a kind of antelope, [ṢaḍvBr.]
the sun or a sun-ray, [L.]
a partic. disease of the eye, excretion of rheum, [L.]
n. an instrument for kindling fire, by friction, [MBh.]
manthiमन्थिin comp. for manthín.
manthuमन्थुm. N. of a man (son of Vīra-vrata and elder brother of Pramanthu), [BhP.]
manthanमन्थन्form of the strongest cases of mathín
See p. 777, col. 1.
manthinमन्थिन्manthín mfn. shaking, agitating, [Bhaṭṭ.]
paining, afflicting, [W.]
manthín m. Soma-juice with meal mixed in it by stirring, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
semen virile (cf. ūrdhva-m°)
manthyaमन्थ्य&c. See under √ manth.
mánthya mfn. to be rubbed or stirred or churned &c. (cf. mathya)
to be kindled by friction (as fire), [TS.]
manthānaमन्थानm. ‘shaker (of the universe)’, N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
a partic. instrument for stirring or rubbing (esp. for kindling fire), [Car.]
a churning-stick, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]
Cassia Fistula, [L.]
a kind of metre, [Col.]
manthajaमन्थजmantha—ja n. ‘produced by churning’, butter, [L.]
manthakaमन्थकmfn. churning, [Car.]
m. N. of a man pl. his descendants g. yaskādi (v.l. mathaka).
manthanīमन्थनीf. a vessel for butter, [L.]
manthanaमन्थनmfn. kindling fire by friction, [Nir. iii, 14]
m. a churning-stick, [Hariv.]
n. the act of kindling fire by rubbing pieces of wood together, [ChUp.]; [ŚrS.]
the act of shaking, shaking about, agitating, churning (milk into butter), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Suśr.]
churning out (of Amṛta), [MBh.] (cf. amṛta-m°).
mantharāमन्थराf. N. of a humpbacked female slave of Bharata's mother Kaikeyī (accord. to [MBh.] an incarnation of the Gandharvī Dundubhī; accord. to [R.] a daughter of Virocana)
mantharaमन्थरmf(A)n. (allied to √ 2. mand and manda, but in some meanings rather fr. √ math) slow (lit. and fig.; often ifc. ‘slow in’), lazy, tardy, indolent, dull, stupid, silly, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]; [Sāh.] &c. (am ind.)
low, hollow, deep (as sound), [W.]
bent, curved, crooked, humpbacked (cf. ā f. and mantharaka)
broad, wide, large, bulky, [L.]
tale-bearing, [L.]
m. a treasure or hair or anger (= kośa, keśa, or kopa), [L.]
fruit, [L.]
a spy, [L.]
an antelope, [L.]
of the month Vaiśākha, [L.]
a fortress, stronghold, [L.]
an obstacle, hindrance, [L.]
whirling, [L.]
a churning-stick, [L.]
the mountain Mandara, [W.] (cf. manthaparvata)
N. of a tortoise, [Hit.]
n. safflower.
mantharuमन्थरुm. the wind raised by flapping away flies, [L.]
, manthya. See above.
manthinīमन्थिनी(inī), f. a butter-vat, [L.]
N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, [MBh.]
manthipaमन्थिपmanthi—pá mfn. drinking stirred or mixed Soma, [VS.]
manthitṛमन्थितृmánthitṛ m. a shaker, stirrer, agitator, [AV.]
manthādriमन्थाद्रिm. id., [Kathās.]
manthīvatमन्थीवत्manthī-vat See manthi-vat.
mantharamमन्थरम्ind.
manthivatमन्थिवत्manthi—vat mfn. connected with mixed S°, [KātyŚr.] (also °thī-vat).
manthācalaमन्थाचलm. id., [Kāv.]
manthānakaमन्थानकm. a species of grass, [L.]
manthāvalaमन्थावलm. a partic. animal (prob. the flying fox), [AitBr.] (cf. mānthālá).
manthaśailaमन्थशैलmantha—śaila m. = -giri, [L.]
manthagiriमन्थगिरिmantha—giri m. ‘churning-mountain’, N. of the mountain Mandara (which served for a churning. stick at the churning of the ocean of milk), [A.]
manthaguṇaमन्थगुणmantha—guṇa m. a churning-cord (°ṇī-kṛta mfn. made into a churning-cord, said of the serpent Vāsuki), [MW.]
manthanīyaमन्थनीयSee agni-m°.
mantharakaमन्थरकm. N. of a man, [Kathās.]
of a tortoise, [ib.]
of a stupid weaver, [Pañcat.]
of a hunchback, [ib.]
mantharatāमन्थरताmanthara—tā f. slowness, tardiness, [Kathās.]
mantharitaमन्थरितmfn. made slow or lazy, relaxed, [Kathās.]
manthodadhiमन्थोदधिm. ‘churning-sea’, sea of milk, [ib.]
manthodakaमन्थोदकm. ‘churning-water’, the ocean of milk, [L.]
manthyagraमन्थ्यग्रmanthy-àgra mfn. beginning with mixed S°, [TS.]
manthadaṇḍaमन्थदण्डmantha—daṇḍa m. ([Pañcar.]) a churning-stick
manthapātraमन्थपात्रmantha—pātra n. a churning-vessel, [L.]
manthiśocisमन्थिशोचिस्manthí—śocis (manthí-), mfn. sparkling like mixed Soma, [VS.]
manthipātraमन्थिपात्रmanthi—pātrá n. the cup or bowl for the mixed S°, [TS.]
manthitavyaमन्थितव्यmanthitavyà mfn. to be produced by friction (as fire), [MaitrS.]
manthanaghaṭīमन्थनघटीmanthana—ghaṭī f. a butter-vat, [L.]
manthareṣaṇaमन्थरेषणm. N. of a man
pl. his descendants, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 66], Sch.
manthadaṇḍakaमन्थदण्डकmantha—daṇḍaka m. ([L.]) a churning-stick
manthanadaṇḍaमन्थनदण्डmanthana—daṇḍa m. a churning-stick, [Kāv.]
manthaparvataमन्थपर्वतmantha—parvata m. = -giri, [L.]
mantharagāminमन्थरगामिन्manthara—gāmin mfn. slow-going, [Rājat.]
manthānabhairavaमन्थानभैरवmanthāna—bhairava m. N. of a teacher of Yoga and various authors, [Cat.]
manthaguṇīkṛtaमन्थगुणीकृतmantha—guṇī-kṛta mfn., made into a churning-cord, said of the serpent Vāsuki
mantharākṣaramमन्थराक्षरम्ind. (to pronounce) with slow or distinct syllables, [Sāh.]
mantharakaulikaमन्थरकौलिकmanthara—kaulika m. a stupid weaver (called Mantharaka q.v.), [Pañcat.]
mantharavivekaमन्थरविवेकmanthara—viveka mfn. slow in judgement, void of discrimination, [Mālatīm.]
manthaviṣkambhaमन्थविष्कम्भmantha—viṣkambha m. a post round which the string of a churning-stick is wound, [L.]
manthadaṇḍīkṛtaमन्थदण्डीकृतmantha—daṇ°ḍī-kṛta mfn. made into a churning-stick, [MW.]
manthanayantrakaमन्थनयन्त्रकn. an implement for kindling fire, [Kāty.]