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मंदा (maMdA)

 
L R Vaidya
English
maMda {% (I) a. (f. दा) %} 1. Slow, tardy, inactive, idle, loitering, भिंदंति मंदां गतिमश्वमुख्यः K.S.i.11
2. apathetic, cold
3. silly, foolish, stupid, dull, मंदः कवियशःप्रार्थी गमिष्याम्युपहास्यताम् R.i.3, द्विषंति मंदाश्चरितं महात्मनाम् K.S.v.75
4. feeble, blunt, miserable
5. wicked, vile
6. addicted to drinking
7. unhappy, unlucky
8. little, small, (e.g. मंदोदरी)
9. withered (as flowers).
maMda {% (II) m. %} 1. the planet Saturn
2. an epithet of Yama
3. the end of the world
4. a kind of elephant.(मंदम् is used as an indeclinable in the sense of- (1) slowly, gradually, by degrees, स्तनभरपरिखेदान्मंदमंदं व्रजंत्यः Rt.v.15
(2) gently, softly, मंदं मंदं नुदति पवनश्चानुकूलो यथा त्वाम् Megh.i.9
(3) weakly, feebly, faintly
(4) in a low voice. मंदीक्रू ‘to slacken, Sak.i.)