Sanskrit edit

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Root edit

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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Etymology 1.

Root edit

मन्द् (mand)

  1. to tarry, stand still, pause
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • 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]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 312