मर्यादा f. f. (doubtful whether
fr. मर्यादा or
मर्याआद [
fr. आ √
दा]; fancifully said to be
fr. मर्यअद, ‘devouring young men’ who are killed in defending boundaries) ‘giving or containing clear marks or signs’, a frontier, limit, boundary, border, bank, shore, mark, end, extreme point, goal (in space and time),
[RV.] &c. &c. (
षण्-मास-मर्यादया, within six months,
[VarBṛS.] )
the bounds or limits of morality and propriety, rule or custom, distinct law or definition,
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.
a covenant, agreement, bond, contract,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.
continuance in the right way, propriety of conduct,
[Kāv.] ;
[Pañcat.] N. of a kind of ring used as an amulet,
[AV. vi, 81, 2] N. of the wife of
अवाचीन (daughter of a king of
विदर्भ),
[MBh.] of the wife of
देवातिथि (daughter of a king of
विदेह),
ib.