(often confounded with √ mṛṣ) cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 131]) mṛśáti (rarely, [A.] °te; pf. P. mamarśa, mamṛśuḥ, [MBh.]; māmṛśuḥ, [RV.]; Ā. mamṛśe, [Br.]; aor. ámṛkṣat, [RV.] &c.; amārkṣīt or amrākṣīt Gr.; fut. marṣṭā, mraṣṭā, [ib.]; markṣtati, mrakṣyati, [ib.]; inf. marṣṭum, [MBh.] &c.; -mṛ́śe, [RV.]; ind.p. -mṛśya, [ib.]; -marśam, [Br.]), to touch, stroke, handle, [AV.]; to touch mentally, consider, reflect, deliberate, [BhP.] : Intens., marmṛśat (see abhi-√ mṛś), [RV.]; marīmṛśyate (?), to seize, grasp, [ŚBr.]
[cf. Lat. mulceo.]
(ifc.) one who strokes or touches, [MW.]