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मन्थ् a or मथ् (q.v. ) cl. 1. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xx, 18, iii, 5 and xxxi, 40] ) म॑थति, म॑न्थति, मथ्ना॑ति (Ved. and ep. also Ā. म॑थते, म॑न्थते and मथ्नीते; Impv. मथ्नध्वम्, [MBh.] ; pf. ममाथ, [AV.] ; 3. pl. ममथुः, [Vop.] ; मेथुः, मेथिरे, [Br.] ; ममन्थ, °न्थुः, [MBh.] ; aor. मथीत्, [RV.] ; अमन्थिष्टाम्, ib.; अमथिषत, [Br.] ; fut. मथिष्यति, °तेमन्थिष्यति, [Br.] &c.; मथिता, [MBh.] ; inf. मथितुम्, [MBh.] &c.; °तोस्, [Br.] ; म॑न्थितवै॑, [MaitrS.] ; ind.p. मथित्वा॑, -म॑थ्य, [Br.] &c.; मन्थित्वा, [Pāṇ. 1-2, 33] ; -मन्थ्य and -माथम्, [MBh.] &c.), to stir or whirl round, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with अग्निम्), to produce fire by rapidly whirling round or rotating a dry stick (अरणि) in another dry stick prepared to receive it, ib.; (with अरणिम्), to rotate the stick for producing fire, [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] ; [Pur.] ; (with ऊरुम्, हस्तम् &c.), to use friction upon any part of the body with the object of producing offspring from it, [Hariv.] ; [BhP.] ; to churn (milk into butter), produce by churning, [TS.] &c. &c. (also with two acc. e.g. सुधांक्षीर-निधिम् मथ्नाति, ‘he churns nectar out of the ocean of milk’ [Siddh.] on [Pāṇ. 1-4, 51] ); to mix, mingle, [Suśr.] ; to stir up, shake, agitate, trouble disturb, afflict, distress, hurt, destroy, [AV.] &c. &c.: Pass. मथ्य॑ते (ep. also °ति), to be stirred up or churned &c., [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. मन्थयति ([Lāṭy.] ), माथयति ([MBh.] ), to cause to be stirred up or churned &c.: Desid. मिमथिषति, मिमन्थिषतिGr. : Intens. मामथ्यते, मामन्त्ति &c., ib.
मन्थ् [cf. Gk. μίνθη; Lat. mentha, menta; Lit. mentúre; Germ. minza, Minze; Angl.Sax. minte; Eng. mint.]
मन्थ् b strong form of √ 1.मथ्q.v.
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