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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.]
manthanमन्थन्form of the strongest cases of mathín
See p. 777, col. 1.
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.
mantharamमन्थरम्ind.
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.]
manthadaṇḍaमन्थदण्डmantha—daṇḍa m. ([Pañcar.]) a churning-stick
manthapātraमन्थपात्रmantha—pātra n. a churning-vessel, [L.]
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.]
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.]