s. f. pl. muṇḍhíáṇ. (M.), ) the root and lower part of plants, the stump of a plant when the top has been cut off. In the plural muṇḍhíáṇ means the stalks of indigo or cotton left after the upper part has been cut off, hence a crop of indigo or cotton in the second year, because it has sprung from the stalks of the first year's crop:—muṇḍhímár, s. m. One who clears jungle and acquires the tenure of munḍhímárí:—múṇḍhí márí, s. f. (lit. clearing the jungle.) A tenure of land which is acquired by clearing jungle and bringing the land under cultivation. Under former governments this generally conferred on the clearer proprietary right in half the land cleared; but latterly it has been held to entitle him to a right of occucy only.