Dictionary Definition:
ava√mṛj -mārṣṭi (ind p. mṛjya) to wipe or rub off Comm. on TBr
• to wipe or rub, clean by wiping ŚBr. &c.: Pass. (Pot. -mṛjyeta with the sense of Ā.) to rub one's (limbs, gātrāṇi) MBh. xiii, 5006