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Results for उपमातृ

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपमातृupamātṛm.An image-maker, a portrait-painter.
An image-maker, a portrait-painter.
Derived forms and compounds
- उपमातृ upamātṛ, Feminine
  
  उपमिता मात्रा उप गौणे वा
  
  'A second mother', wet nurse.
  
  A near female relative; मातृष्वसा मातुलानी पितृव्यस्त्री पितृष्वसा । श्वश्रूः पूर्वजपत्नी च मातृतुल्याः प्रकीर्तिताः Śabdak.
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपमातृupamātṛmfn. (for 2. see s.v.) one who compares Naish.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (for 2. see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order) one who compares Naish.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective an image-maker, portrait-painter Lexicographers
3. feminine "second mother", foster-mother, nurse Lexicographers
4. feminine a near female relative Lexicographers
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