मन्थर

{ manthara }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : मंद

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : मन्द

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मन्थर  n.  mf( आ)n. (allied to √ 2. मन्द् and मन्द, but in some meanings rather fr. √ मथ्) slow ( lit. and fig.; often ifc. ‘slow in’), lazy, tardy, indolent, dull, stupid, silly, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]; [Sāh.] &c. ( अम् ind.)
low, hollow, deep (as sound), [W.]
आ  f. bent, curved, crooked, humpbacked ( cf. f. and मन्थरक)
broad, wide, large, bulky, [L.]
tale-bearing, [L.]
मन्थर  m.  m. a treasure or hair or anger (= कोश, केश, or कोप), [L.]
fruit, [L.]
a spy, [L.]
an antelope, [L.]
of the month वैशाख, [L.]
a fortress, stronghold, [L.]
an obstacle, hindrance, [L.]
whirling, [L.]
a churning-stick, [L.]
मन्थपर्वत   the mountain मन्दर, [W.] ( cf.)
N. of a tortoise, [Hit.]
मन्थर  n.  n. safflower.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मन्थर [manthara] a.  a. [मन्थ्-अरच्]
Slow, dull, tardy, lazy, inactive; गर्भमन्थरा [Ś.4;] प्रत्यभिज्ञानमन्थरोऽभवत् ibid; स्थाने खल्वयं प्रसवमन्थरोऽभूत् [M.5;] दरमन्थरचरणविहारम् [Gīt.11;] [Śi.6.4;7.18;5.62;] [R.19.21.]
Stupid, foolish, silly; मन्थरकौलिकः.
Low, deep, hollow, having a low tone.
Large, broad, wide, big.
Bent, crooked, curved.
Indicating, showing (सूचक).
रः A store, treasure.
The hair of the head.
Wrath, anger.
Fresh butter.
A churning-stick.
Hindrance, an obstacle.
A stronghold.
Fruit.
A spy, an informer.
The month Vaiśākha.
The mountain Mandara.
An antelope.
-रा  N. N. of a humpbacked nurse or slave of Kaikeyī who instigated her mistress, on the eve of Rāma's coronation as heir-apparent, to beg of her husband by the two boons formerly promised to her by him, the banishment of Rāma for fourteen years and the installation of Bharata on the throne; मन्थरां प्रविशस्वादौ कैकेयीं च ततः परम् [A. Rām.]
-रम्   Safflower. -Comp.
-विवेक a.  a. slow in judgment, void of discrimination; उन्मथ्य मन्थरविवेकमकाण्ड एव [Māl.1.18.]

Shabda-Sagara

मन्थर  mfn.  ( -रः-रा-रं)
1. Slow, lazy, tardy.
2. Large, bulky.
3. Curv- ed, bowed, crooked.
4. Stupid, dull, a fool.
5. Low, vile, little.
6. Low, hollow, (as sound.)
 m.  ( -रः)
1. A soldier marching slowly. 2. A spy, an informer.
3. A treasury, a store, a repertory.
4. Fruit.
5. An obstacle, a hindrance.
6. A churning-stick.
7. Fresh butter.
8. The month Vaiśākha.
9. Passion, wrath.
10. A deer. 11. A fort, a strong-hold.
12. The mountain Mandara.
13. The hair of the head.
 n.  ( -रं) Safflower.
 f.  ( -रा) Name of the favourite female slave of KAIKEYĪ. the favourite wife of DAŚARATHA.
E. मन्थ् to agitate, &c. aff. अरच् .

ROOTS:

मन्थ् अरच् .

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : विस्तीर्ण, जिह्म, मन्द, निरुद्योगिन्