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मंदर (maMdara)

 
Apte 1890
English
मंदर a. 1 Slow, tardy, dull.
2 Thick, dense
firm.
3 Large, bulky.
रः 1 N. of a mountain (used by the gods and demons as a churningstick when they churned the ocean for nectar)
पृषतैर्मदरोद्धूतैः क्षारोमेय हवाच्युतं R. 4. 27
अभिनवजलसुदर धृतमदर Gīt. 1. शोभैव मंदरक्षब्धक्षुभेतांभोधिवर्णना Śi. 2. 107
Ki. 5. 30.
2 A necklace of pearls (of 8 or 16 strings).
3 Heaven.
4 A mirror.
5 One of the five trees in Indra's paradise
see मंदार.
रं ind. Slowly, sluggishly.
Comp.
आवासा,
वासिनी of Durgā.
L R Vaidya
English
maMdara {% (I) a. (f. रा) %} 1. Slow, tardy
2. thick, dense
3. bulky.
maMdara {% (II) m. %} 1. Name of a mountain
(this mountain was used as a churning-stick by the gods and Asuras when they churned the ocean for nectar), शोभैव मंदरक्षुब्धक्षुभितांभोधिवर्णना Sis.ii.107, अभिनवजलधरसुंदरं धृतमंदर Git.G.i., Kir.v.30, R.iv.27
2. heaven
3. a necklace of sixteen strings
4. a mirror
5. one of the five trees in Indra’s paradise.