मन्दmandaThe planet Saturn.
Derived forms and compounds
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-न्दः
- The planet Saturn.
- An epithet of Yama.
- The dissolution of the world.
- A kind of elephant; मन्दोऽपि नाम न महानवगृह्य साध्यः Śi.5.49 (where मन्द means 'a fool' also).
- The apsis of a planet's course.
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-न्दा A pot, vessel.
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-न्दम् Indeclinable
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मन्द manda, Adjective
- मन्द्-अच्
- Slow, tardy, inactive, lazy, dull, loitering; (न) भिन्दन्ति मन्दां गतिमश्वमुख्यः Ku.1.11; तच्चरितं गोविन्दे मनसिजमन्दे सखी प्राह Gīt.6.
- Cold, indifferent, apathetic.
- Stupid, dull-witted, foolish, ignorant, weak-brained; प्रयोजनमनुद्दिश्य न मन्दोऽपि प्रवर्तते Subhāṣ.; मन्दोऽप्यमन्दतामेति संसर्गेण विपश्चितः M.2.8; मन्दः कवियशःप्रार्थी गमिष्याम्युपहास्यताम् R.1.3; द्विषन्ति मन्दाश्चरितं महात्मनाम् Ku.5.75.
- Low, deep, hollow (as sound).
- Soft, faint, gentle; as in मन्दस्मितम्.
- Small, little, slight; मन्दोदरी; see अ Indeclinable 1 (d) also.
- Weak, defective, feeble, as मन्दाग्नि.
- Unlucky, unhappy.
- Faded.
- Wicked, vile.
- Addicted to drinking.
- Weak, slack (as a bow).
- Sick, afflicted with disease.
- Independent (स्वतन्त्र).
- Slowly, gradually, by degree; यातं यच्च नितम्बयो- र्गुरुतया मन्दं विलासादिव Ś.2.2.
- Gently, softly, not violently; मन्दं मन्दं नुदति पवनश्चानुकूलो यथा त्वाम् Me.9.
- Faintly, feebly, weakly, lightly.
- In a low tone, deeply.
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-अक्ष Adjective weak-eyed. (-क्षम्) sense of shame, modesty, bashfulness; मन्दाक्षं ह्रीस्त्रपा व्रीडा लज्जा साऽपत्रपाऽन्यतः Ak; मन्दाक्षमन्दाक्षरमुद्रमुक्त्वा Name3.61;14.47; 22.33.
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-अग्नि Adjective having a weak digestion. (-ग्निः) slowness of digestion.
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-अनिलः a gentle breeze.
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-असु Adjective having weak or faint breath.
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-आक्रान्ता Name of a metre; see App.I; सुवशा कालिदासस्य मन्दाक्रान्ता प्रवल्गति । सदश्व- दमकस्येव काम्बोजतुरगाङ्गना ॥ According to prof. Sukumāra Sen, Kālidāsa is the inventor of this metre.
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-आचार Adjective badly conducted.
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-आत्मन् Adjective dull-witted, silly, ignorant; मन्दात्मानुजिघृक्षया Malli.
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-आदर
- Adjective
- having little respect for, disregarding, caring little for.
- neglectful.
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-आस्यम् shyness.
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-उच्चः the upper apsis of the course of a planet.
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-उत्साह Adjective discouraged, dispirited; मन्दोत्साहः कृतोऽस्मि मृगयापवादिना माढव्येन Ś.2.
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-उदरी Name of the wife of Rāvaṇa, regarded as one of the five very chaste women; Compare अहल्या. She advised her husband to deliver Sītā to Rāma and thus save himself from certain ruin, but he did not heed her; मन्दोदरीकुटिलकोमलकेशपाशमन्दारदाममकरन्दरसं पिबन्तः Parasmaipada R.1. 58.
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-उष्ण Adjective tepid, lukewarm. (-ष्णम्) gentle heat.
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-औत्सुक्य Adjective slackened in eagerness, cast down, disinclined; मन्दौत्सुक्योऽस्मि नगरगमनं प्रति Ś.1.
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-कर्ण Adjective slightly deaf; (Proverb: बधिरान्मन्दकर्णः श्रेयान् 'something is better than nothing').
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-कर्मन् Adjective inactive. -Neuter the process for determining the apsis of a planet's course.
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-कान्तिः the moon.
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-कारिन् Adjective acting slowly or foolishly.
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-गः Saturn.
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-गति, -गामिन् Adjective walking slowly, slow of pace.
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-चेतस्
- Adjective
- dull-witted, silly, foolish.
- absent-minded.
- fainting away, scarcely conscious.
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-छाय Adjective dim, faint, lustreless; Me.82 (Vartious reading).
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-जननी the mother of Saturn.
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-जरस् Adjective slowly growing old.
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-धार Adjective flowing in a slow stream.
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-धी, -प्रज्ञ, -बुद्धि, -मति, -मेधस् Adjective dull-witted, silly, foolish.
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-परिधिः Masculine (in Astronomy) the epicycle of the apsis.
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-पुण्य Adjective unfortunate, ill-fated.
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-फलम् equation of the apsis.
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-भागिन्, -भाग्य, -भाज् unfortunate, ill-fated, wretched, miserable.
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-भास् Adjective dim, of fading lustre; सेनानिवेशान् पृथिवीक्षितोऽपि जग्मुर्विभातग्रहमन्दभासः R.7.2.
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-मन्दम् Indeclinable slowly, leisurely.
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-रश्मि Adjective dim.
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-विचेष्टित Adjective slowly moving.
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-विभव Adjective poor, impoverished; नश्यति विपुलमतेरपि बुद्धिः पुरुषस्य मन्दविभवस्य Pt.5.5.
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-विभ्रंश Adjective slightly purgative.
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-विसर्पिन् Adjective creeping along slowly (as a louse); Compare Pt.1.252 (Name of a louse).
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-वीर्य Adjective weak.
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-वृष्टिः Feminine slight rain.
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-स्मितम्, -हासः, -हास्यम् a gentle laugh, a smile.
In the Gita·3·29
प्रकृतेर्गुणसंमूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु ।
- मन्दान्mandānaccusative plural of the masculine form of the adjective manda (weak-minded) used as a noun.
