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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मार्दवmārdava[mârdav-a] n. [fr. mridu] softness; pliancy; mildness, gentleness; leniency, to wards (g.): î-kri, make soft…

    [mârdav-a] neuter [from mridu] softness; pliancy; mildness, gentleness; leniency, to wards (genitive): î-kri, make soft or lenient.

    In the Gita16·2

    दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ॥

    dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam. — Harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, self-denial, calm, absence of fault-finding, compassion to all beings, absence of greed, gentleness, modesty… 16·2
    • मार्दवम्mārdavamnominative singular of the neuter noun mārdava (gentleness).
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  2. समार्दवsamārdava[sa-mârdava] a. together with soft ness.

    [sa-mârdava] adjective together with soft ness.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मार्दवmārdavam. (fr. मृदु) patr. g. बिदा*दि
    1. masculine gender (from मृदु) patronymic gaRa बिदा*दि
    2. masculine gender a particular mixed caste Lexicographers (probably wrong reading for मार्गव quod vide)
    3. neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) softness (literally and figuratively), pliancy, weakness, gentleness, kindness, leniency towards (with genitive case exempli gratia, 'for example' मार्दव-सर्व-भूतानाम्, leniency towards all beings) A1past. Ya1jn5. R. etc.
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  2. मार्दवभावmārdavabhāvam. = prec. n. Hariv.

    masculine gender Equivalent to preceding neuter gender Hariv.

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  3. मार्दवायनmārdavāyanam. patr. fr. मार्दव g. हरिता*दि .

    masculine gender patronymic from मार्दव gaRa हरिता*दि .

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  4. मार्दवीकृmārdavīkṛP. -करोति (p.p. -कृत) to make soft or weak or indulgent MBh.

    Parasmaipada -करोति (page and participlepage and participle -कृत) to make soft or weak or indulgent MBh.

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  5. समार्दवsamārdavamfn. having softness, with softness, together with leniency Ya1jn5.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having softness, with softness, together with leniency Ya1jn5.

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  6. सुमार्दवsumārdavan. extreme softness MW.

    neuter gender extreme softness MW.

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मार्दवम्mārdavamSoftness (lit. and fig.), pliancy, weakness; अभितप्तमयोऽपि मार्दवं भजते कैव कथा शरीरिषु R.8.43 'becomes soft'…

    [मृदोर्भावः अण्]

    1. Softness (Literal and Figurative), pliancy, weakness; अभितप्तमयोऽपि मार्दवं भजते कैव कथा शरीरिषु R.8.43 'becomes soft'; स्वशरीरमार्दवम् Ku.5. 18.
    2. Mildness, indulgence, gentleness, leniency; Bg.16.2.
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