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Results for मातरिपुरुष

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Apte Dictionary

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

मातरिपुरुषmātaripuruṣa'One who can act like a man only against his mother', a poltroon, cowardly boaster.

'One who can act like a man only against his mother', a poltroon, cowardly boaster.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

मातरिपुरुषmātaripuruṣa&c. see p. 807, col. 2 .
1. etc. see page and participle 807, column 2 .
2. masculine gender a man (only when opposed) to his mother, a cowardly bully gaRa पात्रे-समिता*दि (confer, compare पितरि-शूर).
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