1. crushing etc.; kneading, paste, in piṭṭha paste of flower Vin.ii.151; Ja.iii.226 (piṭṭhi˚).
2. [dialectical, cp. Sk. madra] Name of a country & its inhabitants, in -raṭṭha Snp-a.68 sq. ˚rājakula Kp-a.73.

• -viṇā a sort of girdle Vin.ii.136.

fr. mṛd, Sk. marda