Alternative spellings of this word include Mardit.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Mardita (मर्दित) refers to “combining ingredients to forma a paste” [?], according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—The tenth Adhyāya prescribes antidotes for Rājilā snake venom.—According to the Kāśyapasaṃhitā verse X.7cd-8ab: “The juice of Droṇapuṣpa and oil made into paste (mardita) with ripe Tamarind can be used as nasal application and a drink with sugarcane juice [droṇapuṣpāmbumat tailaṃ tintriṇīphalamarditam]”.

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Mardita (मर्दित) refers to “rubbing (a seed)”, as prescribed by certain bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, such as changing a plant into a creeper, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “A seed of any variety freely rubbed (mardita) with the bark of Mangifera indica creeper, Jasminum grandiflorum, Woodfordia fruticosa and Hiptage benghalensis mixed with the milk of a she-goat and then sown in a pit, filled with soil dug up from around the roots of trees belonging to different species and thereafter sufficiently sprinkled with the powder of sesame and barley and (the seed so sown) watered with curd and milk grows into the respective creeper”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mardita (मर्दित).—p (S) Rubbed, kneaded, squeezed, ground, pounded &c. See the noun mardana.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mardita (मर्दित).—a.

1) Crushed, pounded.

2) Rubbed.

3) Strung or tied together.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Marddita (मर्द्दित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Strung, tied. 2. Rubbed, ground, pounded. 2. Obtained, got. E. mṛd to rub, aff. kta .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Marddita (मर्द्दित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Rubbed, ground; strung; obtained.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Mardita (मर्दित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Daramaliya, Maḍḍia.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Mardita (मर्दित) [Also spelled mardit]:—(a) massaged; rubbed; crushed down/trampled over.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mardita (ಮರ್ದಿತ):—

1) [adjective] crushed; pulverised; pounded.

2) [adjective] rubbed against.

3) [adjective] massaged.

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Mardita (ಮರ್ದಿತ):—[noun] (dance.) the rubbing of the ground with one’s foot, placed obliquely.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Mardita (मर्दित):—adj. → मर्दन [mardana]

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Marditar, Marditavya.

Ends with: Amardita, Ashuvimardita, Avamardita, Himardita, Nirmardita, Pramardita, Sammardita, Snehavimardita, Sumardita, Umardita, Vimardita.

Full-text: Sumardita, Amarddita, Umardita, Pramardita, Daramaliya, Maddia, Avamardita, Amardita, Martita, Mardit, Madha, Vimardita, Mard.

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