निर्-√ मथ् or
मन्थ्P. Ā. -मन्थति,
°ते,
[RV.] ;
-मथति,
°ते,
[MBh.] ;
-मथ्नाति,
[Kāṭh.] (
fut. -मथिष्यतिind.p. -मथ्य,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.);
to grind (fire) out of (wood), to produce (fire) by rubbing (wood together), rub or churn anything out of anything (double
acc. ),
[RV.] ;
[ŚBr.] &c.;
to stir or churn (the sea),
[MBh.] ;
[R.] ;
to tear or draw or shake out of, extract,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] ;
[Pur.] ;
to shake, agitate (the mind),
[MBh.] ;
to grind down, crush, destroy,
[MBh.] ;
[Hariv.] &c.:
Pass. -मथ्यते (
p. °यमान), to be rubbed or churned &c.,
[MBh.] ;
[Hariv.]