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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Mayrhofer relates the root to मृच् (mṛc, “to hurt, injure, annoy”); on the other hand, he relates मृक्ष् (mṛkṣ), generally considered an alternative form, to a different root, मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, rub, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
Root
म्रक्ष् • (mrakṣ)
- to rub, stroke, curry
- to smear
- to accumulate, collect
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “म्रक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 837/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 124
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 370; 386