म्रक्ष्

Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

Mayrhofer relates the root to मृच् (mṛc, to hurt, injure, annoy); on the other hand, he relates मृक्ष् (mṛkṣ), generally considered an alternative form, to a different root, मृज् (mṛj, to wipe, rub, cleanse).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

म्रक्ष् (mrakṣ)

  1. to rub, stroke, curry
  2. to smear
  3. to accumulate, collect

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “म्रक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 837/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 124
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 370; 386