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Apte Dictionary

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

मातुलmātulaA maternal uncle; (तत्रापश्यत्) आचार्यान् मातुलान् भ्रातॄन् Bg.1.26; Ms.2.13; 5.81.
[मातुर्भ्राता मातृ-डुलच्]
1. A maternal uncle; (तत्रापश्यत्) आचार्यान् मातुलान् भ्रातॄन् Bg.1.26; Ms.2.13; 5.81.
2. The Dhattūra plant.
3. An epithet of the solar year.
4. A kind of rice.
5. A kind of snake.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अहिः a kind of snake.
- -पुत्रकः
  
  the son of a maternal uncle.
  
  the fruit of the Dhattūra plant; उन्मादिनो मातुलपुत्रकस्य कथं सहामो बत कष्टकित्वम्.
In the Gita1·26 1·34

तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् ।

tatrāpaśyatsthitānpārthaḥ pitÔnatha pitāmahān, — Then saw Partha standing upon opposite sides, uncles and grandsires, teachers, mother’s brothers, cousins, sons and grandsons, comrades… 1·26
- मातुलान्‌mātulānaccusative plural of the masculine noun mātula (mother’s brother).
- मातुलाःmātulāḥnominative plural of the masculine noun mātula (mother’s brother).
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मातुलकmātulaka1 A meternal uncle (as a term of endearment).
1. 1 A meternal uncle (as a term of endearment).
2. The thorn-apple.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

मातुलmātula[mâtul-a] m. mother's brother, (mater nal) uncle (in fables the ass and the jackal speak of each other thus):…

[mâtul-a] masculine mother's brother, (mater nal) uncle (in fables the ass and the jackal speak of each other thus): -ka, masculine the same (but more affectionate) dear uncle (in the fable the crane is called the uncle of the crab).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

मातुलmātula&c. see col. 3.
1. etc. see column 3.
2. masculine gender a maternal uncle (often in respectful or familiar address, especially in fables) Gr2S. Mn. MBh. etc.
3. masculine gender Name of the solar year Lexicographers
4. masculine gender the thorn-apple tree Lexicographers
5. masculine gender a species of grain Lexicographers
6. masculine gender a kind of snake Lexicographers
7. mf(आ or ई)neuter gender belonging to or existing in a mat maternal uncle S3ukas. (varia lectio)
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कष्टमातुलkaṣṭamātulam. a brother of a step-mother L.

masculine gender a brother of a step-mother Lexicographers

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पितृष्वसामातुलpitṛṣvasāmātulam. (ibc.), paternal aunt and maternal uncle ib.

masculine gender (in the beginning of a compound), paternal aunt and maternal uncle ibidem

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मातुलकmātulakam. a maternal uncle (a more endearing term than मातुल) Pan5cat.
1. masculine gender a maternal uncle (a more endearing term than मातुल) Pan5cat.
2. masculine gender the thorn-apple Lexicographers
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective relating to or coming from a maternal uncle Pat. on Pa1n2. 4-2, 104.
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मातुलङ्गmātulaṅgam. a citron tree Sus3r.
1. masculine gender a citron tree Sus3r.
2. neuter gender a citron ibidem (also that the rest of a word is to be suppliedलाङ्ग Hcat.)
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मातुलपुत्रmātulaputram. the son of a mat maternal u uncle L.
1. masculine gender the son of a mat maternal u uncle Lexicographers
2. masculine gender a thorn-apple (the fruit) Lexicographers
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मातुलपुत्रकmātulaputrakam. the son of a mat maternal u uncle L.
1. masculine gender the son of a mat maternal u uncle Lexicographers
2. masculine gender a thorn-apple (the fruit) Lexicographers
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