mardana | मर्दन | mardana
mardana | मर्दन | mf(I)n. crushing, grinding, rubbing, bruising, paining, tormenting, ruining, destroying, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (cf. candrārka- | चन्द्रार्क- |, samara- | समर- | and samiti-m˚ | समिति-म्˚ |)
N. of a king of the Vidyā-dharas
mardana | मर्दन | n. the act of crushing or grinding or destroying, Kāv.; Kathās.; BhP.
rubbing, anointing, Kāv.; Pañcat. &c. (-ṣālā | -षाला | f., Siṃhās.), cleaning or combing (the hair; see keṣa-m˚ | केष-म्˚ |)
friction i.e. opposition (of planets; see graha-m˚ | ग्रह-म्˚ |).
N. of a king of the Vidyā-dharas
mardana | मर्दन | n. the act of crushing or grinding or destroying, Kāv.; Kathās.; BhP.
rubbing, anointing, Kāv.; Pañcat. &c. (-ṣālā | -षाला | f., Siṃhās.), cleaning or combing (the hair; see keṣa-m˚ | केष-म्˚ |)
friction i.e. opposition (of planets; see graha-m˚ | ग्रह-म्˚ |).