मन्थनः [मन्यते$नेन करणे ल्युट् भावे ल्युट् वा] A churning-stick. -नम् 1 Churning, agitating, stirring or shaking about. -2 Kindling fire by attrition. -नी A churningvessel. -Comp. -घटी a churning-vessel.
उन्मन्थनम् 1 Shaking off, agitating. -2 Killing, slaughter; अन्योन्यसूतोन्मथनादभूताम् R.7.52; hurting; मारीचदर्शनं चैव सीतोन्मथनमेव च Rām.6.124.11. -3 Beating (with a stick). -4 Probing, stirring a dart lodged in the body. -5 The instrument used for this purpose. -6 Churning up; कौर्मे धृतो$द्रिरमृतोन्मथने स्वपृष्ठे Bhāg.11.4.18.
a. producing fire by at trition (--°ree;); m. churning-stick; n. kindling of fire by the attrition of sticks; shaking or stirring about; churning; churning out (--°ree;); m. (?) instrument forkindling fire by attri tion: -danda, m. churning-stick.
noun (neuter) agitating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
churning (milk into butter) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
churning out (of Amṛta) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shaking about (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of kindling fire by rubbing pieces of wood together (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of shaking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a means of beating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a stick (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
agitating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
beating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cane (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
staff (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of shaking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
throbbing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) churning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
friction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rubbing together (esp. for kindling fire) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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