मृद् [ mṛd ] [ mṛd ]1 Root (cf. √ [ mrad ] and [ mṛḍ ] ) cl. [9] P. [ mṛdnāti ] (cl. [1] P. Ā. [ márdati ] , [ °te ] Lit. MBh. ; cf. Lit. Naigh. ii , 14 ; pf. P. [ mamarda ] , 3. pl. [ mamṛduh ] . or [ mamarduḥ ] Ā. [ mamṛde ] Lit. MBh. ; aor. , [ amaradīt ] Gr. ; fut. , [ mardiṣyati ] , [ °te ] Lit. ib. ; inf. [ marditum ] Lit. MBh. ; [ °tos ] Lit. Br. ; [ -mradé ] Lit. ib. ; ind.p. , [ mriditvā ] Lit. Pāṇ. 1-2 , 7 ; [ mṛ́dya ] Lit. Br. ; [ -mardam ] Lit. Kāv.) , to press , squeeze , crush , pound , smash , trample down , tread upon , destroy , waste , ravage , kill , slay Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to rub , stroke , wipe (e.g. the forehead) Lit. ib. ; to rub into , mingle with (instr.) Lit. Suśr. ; to rub against , touch , pass through (a constellation) Lit. VarBṛS. ; to overcome , surpass Lit. Bhaṭṭ. : Caus. [ mardayati ] ( mc. also [ °te ] ; aor. [ amīmridat ] or [ amamardat ] ) , to press or squeeze hard , crush , break , trample down , oppress , torment , plague , destroy , kill Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to rub Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās. ; to cause to be trampled down Lit. KātyŚr. Sch.: Desid. [ mimardiṣati ] , to desire to crush or pound Lit. MBh. Intens. [ marmartti ] ( only Impv. [ °ttu ] Lit. RV. ii , 23 , 6) , to crush , grind down , destroy ; [ marīmartti ] and [ marimṛdyate ] Gr. ( ( cf. Gk. 1 and under [ mṛdu ] . ) )