Mlai: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mlai (म्लै).—1 P. (mlāyati, mamlau, amlāsīt, mlāsyati, mlāna)

1) To fade, wither; म्लायतां भूरुहाणाम् (mlāyatāṃ bhūruhāṇām) Bv.1.36; Śiśupālavadha 5.43; बभ्रमुश्चस्खलुश्चान्ये पेतुर्मम्लुस्तथाऽपरे (babhramuścaskhaluścānye peturmamlustathā'pare) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.115.29; माने म्लायति (māne mlāyati) Bhartṛhari 3.33.

2) To grow weary or languid; to be fatigued or exhausted; पथि (pathi) .. मम्लतुर्न मणिकुट्टिमोचितौ (mamlaturna maṇikuṭṭimocitau) R.11.9; Bhaṭṭikāvya 14. 6; वनविहरणखेदम्लानम् (vanaviharaṇakhedamlānam) Śiśupālavadha 7.75.

3) To be sad or dejected, be downcast or dispirited; मम्लौ साथ विषादेन (mamlau sātha viṣādena) K. P.1; म्लायते मे मनो हीदम् (mlāyate me mano hīdam) Mb.

4) To become thin or emaciated.

5) To disappear, vanish.

6) To decline, become less; वनविहरणखेदम्लानमम्लानशोभाः (vanaviharaṇakhedamlānamamlānaśobhāḥ) Śiśupālavadha 7.75. -Caus. (mlāpayati)

1) To cause to fade, wither up.

2) To make languid or dispirited, emaciate, enfeeble.

3) To crush.

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

Mlai (म्लै).—r. 1st. cl. (mlāyati) 1. To be faint or languid, to yawn with languor or fatigue. 2. To fade, to decay. 3. To become thin. With pari, 1. To be dejected. 2. To wither. With pra, 1. To fade. 2. To be dirty. ya

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

Mlai (म्लै).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry, ii. 2, e. g. mlānti, Mahābhārata 3, 15683). 1. To fade, Mahābhārata 3, 15455. 2. To grow weary, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 11, 9 (Calc.). 3. To be faint or languid, Mahābhārata 1, 3391. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. mlāna. 1. Withered, faded, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 88; [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 23, 12. 2. Languid, faint, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 82; [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 431. 3. Foul, dirty. Comp. A-, adj. 1. not faded. 2. clear.

— With pari pari, To fade away, to disappear, [Pañcatantra] cod. Berol. 144, a. parimlāna, 1. Withered, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 59, 8. 2. Faded, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 14, 50 (Calc.). 3. Languid. 4. Diminished. 5. Soiled. n. 1. Change of countenance by grief. 2. Soil.

— Cf. = [Causal.] mlāpayāmi,

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mlai (म्लै):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxii, 8]) mlāyati ([Epic] also te and mlāti; [perfect tense] mamlau, [Mahābhārata]; mamle, [Pāṇini 6-1, 45 [Scholiast or Commentator]]; [Aorist] amlāsīt, 2. sg. mlāsīḥ, [Mahābhārata]; Prec. mlāyāt, or mleyāt, [Pāṇini 6-4, 68 [Scholiast or Commentator]]; [future] mlātā, mlāsyati [grammar]; [Conditional] amlāsyatām, [Brāhmaṇa], syetām, [Upaniṣad]; [infinitive mood] mlātum [grammar]),

—to fade, wither, decay, vanish, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.;

—to be languid or exhausted or dejected, have a worn appearance, [ib.] :—[Causal] mlāpayati, to cause to wither or fade, enfeeble, make languid, [Atharva-veda];

mlapayati, to crush, [Kāvya literature]

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

Mlai (म्लै):—(ka) mlāyati 10. a. To fade; to be faint; to yawn.

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

Mlai (म्लै) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kuluṃca, Pavvāṇa, Milā, Milāa, , Vāya.

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