मन्द्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Phonetic variant of मद् (mad, to rejoice); see there for more.

Root

मन्द् • (mand)

  1. to rejoice, be glad or delighted, be drunk or intoxicated
  2. to gladden, exhilarate, intoxicate, inflame, inspirit
  3. (dubious) to sleep
  4. to shine, be splendid or beautiful
  5. to praise or to go
Derived terms
  • अमन्दीत् (amandīt)
  • अममन्दुः (amamanduḥ)
  • मन्दति (mandati)
  • मन्दते (mandate)
  • मन्दत् (mandat)
  • मन्दध्यै (mandadhyai)
  • मन्दयति (mandayati)
  • मन्दयध्यै (mandayadhyai)
  • मन्दान (mandāna)
  • मन्दिता (manditā)
  • मन्दिषत् (mandiṣat)
  • मन्दिषीमहि (mandiṣīmahi)
  • मन्दिष्ट (mandiṣṭa)
  • मन्दिष्यते (mandiṣyate)
  • मन्दुस् (mandus)
  • ममन्द (mamanda)

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1.

Root

मन्द् • (mand)

  1. to tarry, stand still, pause
Derived terms
  • अममन् (amaman)
  • ममत्तन (mamattana)
  • ममन्धि (mamandhi)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 787/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 118
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 312
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