weak form of √ mrakṣ.
mrakṣ or cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 12]) mrakṣati or mṛkṣáti (pf. mimṛkṣuḥ), to rub, stroke, curry, [RV. viii, 74, 13]; to smear, [Lalit.]; to accumulate, collect, [Dhātup.] : Caus. (or cl. 10. [Dhātup. xxxii, 119]) mrakṣayati or mṛkṣayati, to rub, smear, anoint, [KātyŚr.]; [Buddh.]; to accumulate, [Dhātup.]; to speak indistinctly or incorrectly, [ib.]; to cut, [ib.]