मन्थन मन्थरु

मन्थर

मन्थर a. [मंथ्-अरच्]
1 Slow, dull, tardy, lazy, inactive; गर्भमंथरा Ś. 4; प्रत्यभिज्ञानमंथरो भवत् ibid.; स्थाने खल्व- य प्रसवमंथरोऽभूत् M. 5; दरमंथरचरणवि- हारं Gīt. 11. Śi. 6. 40; 7. 18; 5. 62; R. 19. 21.
2 Stupid, foolish, silly; मथंरकौलिकः.
3 Low, deep, hollow, having a low tone.
4 Large, broad, wide, big.
5 Bent, crooked, curved.
6 Indicating, showing (सूचक).
−रः
1 A store, treasure.
2 The hair of the head.
3 Wrath, anger.
4 Fresh butter.
5 A churning-stick.
6 Hinderance, an obstacle.
7 A stronghold.
8 Fruit.
9 A spy, an informer.
10 The month Vaiśākha.
11 The mountain Mandara.
12 An antelope.
−रा N. of a hump-backed nurse or slave of Kaikeyī who instigated her mistress, on the eye of Rāma's coronation as heir-apparent, to beg of her husband by the two boons formerly promised to her by him, the banishment of Rāma for fourteen years and the installation of Bharata on the throne.
−रं Safflower.
−Comp.
−वि- वेक a. slow in judgment, void of discrimination; Māl. 1. 18.

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