उप-√ मृद् P. -मृद्नाति, to graze in passing (said of a heavenly body in its transit),
[VarBṛS.] ;
to crush, destroy, annul,
[Naiṣ.] Comm. on
[BṛĀrUp.] :
Caus. -मर्दयति, to destroy, devastate, annul, annihilate,
[BhP.] Comm. on
[ChUp.] and,
[BṛĀrUp.]