(cf. √ mrad and mṛḍ) cl. 9. P. mṛdnāti (cl. 1. P. Ā. márdati, °te, [MBh.]; cf. [Naigh. ii, 14]; pf. P. mamarda, 3. pl. mamṛduh. or mamarduḥ Ā. mamṛde, [MBh.]; aor., amaradīt Gr.; fut., mardiṣyati, °te, [ib.]; inf. marditum, [MBh.]; °tos, [Br.]; -mradé, [ib.]; ind.p., mriditvā, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 7]; mṛ́dya, [Br.] &c.; -mardam, [Kāv.]), to press, squeeze, crush, pound, smash, trample down, tread upon, destroy, waste, ravage, kill, slay, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to rub, stroke, wipe (e.g. the forehead), [ib.]; to rub into, mingle with (instr.), [Suśr.]; to rub against, touch, pass through (a constellation), [VarBṛS.]; to overcome, surpass, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Caus. mardayati (mc. also °te; aor. amīmridat or amamardat), to press or squeeze hard, crush, break, trample down, oppress, torment, plague, destroy, kill, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to rub, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; to cause to be trampled down, [KātyŚr.], Sch.: Desid. mimardiṣati, to desire to crush or pound, [MBh.] Intens. marmartti (only Impv. °ttu, [RV. ii, 23, 6]), to crush, grind down, destroy; marīmartti and marimṛdyate Gr. [cf. Gk. ἀ-μαλδ-ύνω and under mṛdu.]
mṛ́d f. earth, soil, clay, loam, [VS.] &c., &c.
a piece of earth, lump of clay, [Mn. v, 136]
a kind of fragrant earth, [L.]
aluminous slate, [L.]