मन्द a. [मंद्-अच्]
1 Slow, tardy, inactive, lazy, dull, loitering; (न) −भिंदंति मंदां गतिमश्वमुख्यः Ku. 1. 11; तच्चरितं गोविंदे मनसिजमंदे सखी प्राह Gīt. 6.
2 Cold, indifferent, apathetic.
3 Stupid, dull-witted, foolish, ignorant, weak-brained; प्र- योजनमनुद्दिश्य न मंदोपि प्रवर्तते Subhāsh.; मंदोप्यमंदतामेति संसर्गेण विपश्चि- तः M. 2. 8; मंदः कवियशः पार्थी गमिष्या- म्युपहास्यतां R. 1. 3; द्विषंति मंदाश्चरितं महात्मनां Ku. 5. 75.
4 Low, deep, hollow (as sound).
5 Soft, faint, gentle; as in मंदस्मितं.
6 Small, little, slight; मंदोदरी; see अ also.
7 Weak, defective, feeble; as मंदाग्नि.
8 Unlucky, unhappy.
9 Faded.
10 Wicked, vile
11 Addicted to drinking.
12 Weak, slack (as a bow).
13 Sick, afflicted with disease.
14 Independent. (स्वतंत्र)
−दः
1 The planet Saturn.
2 An epithet of Yama.
3 The dissolution of the world.
4 A kind of elephant; मंदोपि न म न महनवगृह्य साध्यः Śi. 4. 49 (where मंद means ‘a fool’ also).
5 The apsis of a planet's course.
−दा A pot, vessel.
−दं ind.
1 Slowly, gradually, by degrees; यातं यच्च नितंबयोर्गुरुतया मंदं वि- लासादिव Ś. 2. 2.
2 Gently, softly, not violently; मंदं मंदं नुदति पवनश्चानुकूलो यथा त्वां Me. 9.
3 Faintly, feebly, weakly, lightly.
4 In a low tone, deeply.
−Comp.
−अक्ष a. weak eyed. (
−क्षं) sense of shame, modesty, bashfulness.
−अग्नि a. having a weak digestion. (
−ग्निः) slowness of digestion.
−अनिलः a gentle breeze
−असु a. having weak or faint breath.
−आक्रांता N. of a metre; see App. 1.
−आत्मन् a. dull-witted, silly, ignorant; मंदात्मा- नजिघृक्षया Malli.
−आदर a. 1. hav ing little respect for, disregarding, caring little for.
2 neglectful.
−उच्चः the upper apsis of the course of a planet.
−उत्साह a. discouraged, dispirited: मदोत्साहः कृतो- ऽस्मि मृगयापव दिना माठठ्येन Ś. 2.
−उदरी N. of the wife of Rāvaṇa, regarded as one of the five very chaste women; cf. अहल्या. She advised her husband to deliver Sītā to Rāma and thus save him self from certain ruin, but he did not heed her.
−उष्ण a. tepid, lukewarm. (
−ष्णं) gentle heat.
−औत्सुक्य a. slackened in eagerness, cast down, disinclined; मंदौत्सुक्योऽस्मि नगरगमनं प्रति Ś. 1.
−कर्ण a. slightly deaf; (Proverb:-बधिरान्मंदकर्ण श्रेयन् ‘something is better than nothing’).
−कांतिः the moon.
−कारिन् a. acting slowly or foolishly
−गः Saturn. −गति, −गा- मिन् a. walking slowly, slow of pace.
−चेतस् a. 1. dull-witted, silly, foolish.
2 absent-minded
3 fainting away, scarcely consci ous.
−छाय a. dim, faint, lustreless; Me. 80.
−जननी the mother of Saturn. −धी, −प्रज्ञ, −बुद्धि, मति, −मे- धस् a. dull-witted, silly, foolish.
−फलं equation of the apsis.
−भागि न्, −भ ग्य a. unfortunate, ill-fated, wretched, miserable.
−भास् a. dim. of fading lustre; R. 7 2
−मंदं ind. slowly, leisurely.
−रश्मि a. dim.
−विभव a. poor, impoverished; Pt. 5. 5.
−विसर्पिन् a. creeping along slowly (as a louse); Pt. 1. 252.
−वीर्य a. weak.
−वृष्टिः f. slight rain. −स्मित, −हासः, हास्यं a gentle laugh, a smile.