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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

मार्दवम्mārdavamSoftness (lit. and fig.), pliancy, weakness; अभितप्तमयोऽपि मार्दवं भजते कैव कथा शरीरिषु R.8.43 'becomes soft'…
[मृदोर्भावः अण्]
1. Softness (Literal and Figurative), pliancy, weakness; अभितप्तमयोऽपि मार्दवं भजते कैव कथा शरीरिषु R.8.43 'becomes soft'; स्वशरीरमार्दवम् Ku.5. 18.
2. Mildness, indulgence, gentleness, leniency; Bg.16.2.
In the Gita16·2

दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ॥

dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam. — Harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, self-denial, calm, absence of fault-finding, compassion to all beings, absence of greed, gentleness, modesty… 16·2
- मार्दवम्mārdavamnominative singular of the neuter noun mārdava (gentleness).
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