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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मार्जनmārjanaa.(-नी f.) [मृज्-ल्यु ल्युट् वा] Cleansing, purifying.

    (-नी Feminine) मृज्-ल्यु ल्युट् वा Cleansing, purifying.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नम्

      1. Cleansing, cleaning, purifying; Śukra. 4.345.
      2. Wiping or rubbing off.
      3. Effacing, wiping away; तेन व्यातेनिरे भीमा भीमार्जनफलाननाः Ki.15.42.
      4. Cleansing the person by rubbing it with unguents;
      5. Sprinkling the person with water by means of the hand, a blade of Kuśa grass etc.
    • -नः The tree calledLodhra.

    • -ना

      1. Cleansing, purifying, cleaning.
      2. The sound of a drum; मायूरी मदयति मार्जना मनांसि M.1.21.
      3. Performance with the fingers on a musical instrument.
    • -नी

      1. A broom, brush.
      2. Purification.
      3. A washerwoman.
  2. अपमार्जनम्apamārjanam1 Wiping away, cleansing, purifying.
    1. 1 Wiping away, cleansing, purifying.
    2. Shaving, paring.
    3. Chips.
  3. अपामार्जनम्apāmārjanamCleansing, purifying, removing (diseases, evils &c.).

    Cleansing, purifying, removing (diseases, evils etc.).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मार्जनmārjana[mârg-ana] a. (î) wiping, cleansing; m. washer; n. wiping, -away, cleansing; sweeping away; rubbing a…

    [mârg-ana] adjective (î) wiping, cleansing; masculine washer; neuter wiping, -away, cleansing; sweeping away; rubbing a drum-skin with ashes or mud: â, feminine; also equal for the same; sound of a drum; î, feminine; also equal for purification; brush or broom.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मार्जनmārjanamf(ई)n. wiping away, cleaning, a cleaner (see केश-, गात्र-, -ग्रीह्-म्˚)
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender wiping away, cleaning, a cleaner (see केश-, गात्र-, -ग्रीह्-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    2. masculine gender Syniplocos Racemosa Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender the sound of a drum Ma1lav. Ba1lar.
    4. masculine gender (probably) the parchment stretched at the ends of a drum Ba1lar. ii, 24/25 performance with the fingers on a musical instrument (of which there are 3 kinds) Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender a broom, besom, brush Ka1v. Katha1s.
    6. masculine gender a washerwoman (as an abusive term) La1t2y.
    7. masculine gender (in music) a particular S3ruti श्रुति Sam2gi1t.
    8. masculine gender Name of one of Durga1 दुर्गा 's female attendants Lexicographers
    9. neuter gender wiping away, rubbing, sweeping, cleansing, purifying Gr2S3rS. Mn. MBh. etc.
    10. neuter gender (also f(आ).), rubbing the ends of a drum with ashes or mud S3is3.
    11. neuter gender "purifying (one's self with water)", part of a religious ceremony at the morning Sam2dhys संध्य् s RTL. 403
    12. neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') removal, effacement of, amends for Sa1h.
  2. अन्तःपरिमार्जनantaḥparimārjanan. an internal remedy, Car.

    neuter gender an internal remedy, Car.

  3. अपमार्जनapamārjanan. cleansing
    1. neuter gender cleansing
    2. neuter gender a cleansing remedy, detergent Sus3r.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective wiping off, moving away, destroying BhP.
  4. अपामार्जनapāmārjanan. cleansing, keeping back, removing (of disease and other evils).

    neuter gender cleansing, keeping back, removing (of disease and other evils).

  5. अपामार्जनस्तोत्रapāmārjanastotran. "removing of diseases", N. of a hymn.

    neuter gender "removing of diseases", Name of a hymn.

  6. अवमार्जनavamārjanasee अव-√मृज् .
    1. see अव-√मृज् .
    2. neuter gender an instrument (or "water" Sa1y.) for rubbing down (a horse), a curry-comb ([Gmn. Transl.]) fg-veda i, 163, 5 (["that which is rubbed off" NBD.])
    3. neuter gender wipings MBh. iii, 13373.