मातृmātṛa matricide.
Derived forms and compounds
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-घातुकः
- a matricide.
- an epithet of Indra.
- An epithet of the divine mothers, said to attend on Śiva, but usually on Skanda. (They are usually said to be 8: ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी चण्डी वाराही वैष्णवी तथा । कौमारी चैव चामुण्डा चर्चिकेत्यष्ट मातरः ॥ or, according to some, only seven: ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी चैव कौमारी वैष्णवी तथा । माहेन्द्री चैव वाराही चामुण्डा सप्त मातरः ॥ Some increase the number to sixteen).
- Name of eight classes of female ancestors of Manes. -Masculine
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मातृ mātṛ, Feminine
- मान् पूजायां तृच् नलोपः Uṇ.2.94
- A mother; मातृवत् परदारेषु यः पश्यति स पश्यति; सहस्रं तु पितॄन् माता गौरवेणातिरिच्यते Subhāṣ माता किल मनुष्याणां देवतानां च दैवतम् Madhyamavyāyoga 1.37; माता च परमं दैवतं समा च पुत्रेषु इत्येतैरुपबध्यमानो जननीवचनोऽवगम्यते ŚB. on MS.1.1.14.
- Mother as a term of respect or endearment; मातर्लक्ष्मि भजस्व कंचिदपरम् Bh.3.64,87; अयि मातर्देवयजनसंभवे देवि सीते Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4.
- A cow.
- An epithet of Lakṣmī.
- An epithet of Durgā.
- Ether, sky.
- The earth.
- A divine mother; मातृभ्यो बलिमुपहर Mk.1.
- An epithet of Revatī.
- Name of several plants; आखुकर्णी, इन्द्रवारुणी and जटामांसी etc. -Plural
- A measurer.
- Vedic A maker, builder, creator.
- A knower, one having true knowledge.
- Life or soul (जीव) Compare Latin Mater. -Compound
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-केशटः a maternal uncle.
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-गणः the collection of the divine mothers.
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-गन्धिनी an unnatural mother; हनिष्याम्यधुनैवाहं कैकेयीं मातृगन्धिनीम् Atmanepada Rām.2.8.7.
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-गामिन् Masculine one who has committed incest with his mother.
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-गोत्रम् a mother's family.
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-ग्रामः the female sex, womankind.
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-घातः, -घातकः, -घातिन् Masculine, -घ्नः a matricide.
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-चक्रम्
- the group of divine mothers.
- a kind of mystical circle.
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-ज्ञ Adjective honouring a mother.
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-देव Adjective having a mother for one's god, adoring mother like a god; मातृदेवो भव T. Up.1.11.
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-दोषः the defect or inferiority of a mother (being of a lower caste); ताननन्तरनाम्नस्तु मातृदोषात् प्रचक्षते Ms.1. 14.
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-नन्दनः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
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-पक्ष Adjective belonging to the mother's side or line. (-क्षः) maternal kinsmen.
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-पितृ Masculine (dual) forming मातापितरौ or मातर- पितरौ) parents.
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-पुत्रौ (मातापुत्रौ) a mother and son.
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-पूजनम् worship of the divine mothers.
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-बन्धुः, -बान्धवः a maternal kinsman; मातृबन्धुनिवासिनं भरतम् R.12.12. (-Plural) a class of relatives on the mother's side; they are thus specified: मातुः पितुः स्वसुः पुत्रा मातुर्मातुः स्वसुः सुताः । मातुर्मातुलपुत्राश्च विज्ञेया मातृबन्धवः ॥ -भक्तिः devotion to a mother; इमं लोकं मातृभक्त्या ...... ब्रह्मलोकं समश्नुते Ms.2.233.
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-भावः maternity.
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-भोगीण Adjective fit to be enjoyed or possessed by a mother.
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-मण्डलम् the collection of the divine mothers.
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-मातृ Feminine an epithet of Pārvatī.
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-मुखः, -शासितः a foolish fellow, simpleton.
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-यज्ञः a sacrifice offered to the divine mothers.
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-वत्सलः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
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-वधः the murder of a mother (with Buddhists one of the five unpardonable sins.)-वाहिनी Feminine a kind of bird; bat.
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-स्वसृ Feminine (मातृष्वसृ or मातुःस्वसृ) a mother's sister, a maternal aunt.
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-स्वसेयः (मातृष्वसेयः) a mother's sister's son. (-यी) the daughter of a maternal aunt; so मातृष्वस्रीयः -या.
In the Gita·9·17
पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः ।
- माताmātānominative singular of the feminine noun mātṛ (the mother).
