म्रक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मृक्ष् (mṛkṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ম্ৰক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫ᭄ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ম্রক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰿𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁆𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မြက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• મ્રક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮ੍ਰਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦿꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂹𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮ್ರಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ម្រក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມ຺ຣກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• മ്രക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡵᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘿𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠷᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧠𑧈𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑑂𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମ୍ରକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪ꣄ꢬꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑇀𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖿𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ම්‍රක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴 𑪙𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚶𑚤𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• ம்ரக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• మ్రక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• มฺรกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• མྲ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑓂𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑩇𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɾɐkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɾɐkʂ/

Root

म्रक्ष् • (mrakṣ)

1. to rub, stroke, curry
2. to smear
3. to accumulate, collect

Derived terms

• म्रक्षति (mrakṣati)
• म्रक्षयति (mrakṣayati)

 

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 370; 386