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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मातृmātṛf.A mother; मातृवत् परदारेषु यः पश्यति स पश्यति; सहस्रं तु पितॄन् माता गौरवेणातिरिच्यते Subhāṣ माता किल…

    [मान् पूजायां तृच् नलोपः Uṇ.2.94]

    1. 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.
    2. Mother as a term of respect or endearment; मातर्लक्ष्मि भजस्व कंचिदपरम् Bh.3.64,87; अयि मातर्देवयजनसंभवे देवि सीते Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4.
    3. A cow.
    4. An epithet of Lakṣmī.
    5. An epithet of Durgā.
    6. Ether, sky.
    7. The earth.
    8. A divine mother; मातृभ्यो बलिमुपहर Mk.1.
    9. An epithet of Revatī.
    10. Name of several plants; आखुकर्णी, इन्द्रवारुणी and जटामांसी etc. -Plural
    11. 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).
    12. Name of eight classes of female ancestors of Manes. -Masculine
    13. A measurer.
    14. Vedic A maker, builder, creator.
    15. A knower, one having true knowledge.
    16. Life or soul (जीव) Compare Latin Mater. -Compound

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -केशटः a maternal uncle.

    • -गणः the collection of the divine mothers.

    • -गन्धिनी an unnatural mother; हनिष्याम्यधुनैवाहं कैकेयीं मातृगन्धिनीम् Atmanepada Rām.2.8.7.

    • -गामिन् Masculine one who has committed incest with his mother.

    • -गोत्रम् a mother's family.

    • -ग्रामः the female sex, womankind.

    • -घातः, -घातकः, -घातिन् Masculine, -घ्नः a matricide.

    • -घातुकः

      1. a matricide.
      2. an epithet of Indra.

    • -चक्रम्

      1. the group of divine mothers.
      2. a kind of mystical circle.

    • -ज्ञ Adjective honouring a mother.

    • -देव Adjective having a mother for one's god, adoring mother like a god; मातृदेवो भव T. Up.1.11.

    • -दोषः the defect or inferiority of a mother (being of a lower caste); ताननन्तरनाम्नस्तु मातृदोषात् प्रचक्षते Ms.1. 14.

    • -नन्दनः an epithet of Kārtikeya.

    • -पक्ष Adjective belonging to the mother's side or line. (-क्षः) maternal kinsmen.

    • -पितृ Masculine (dual) forming मातापितरौ or मातर- पितरौ) parents.

    • -पुत्रौ (मातापुत्रौ) a mother and son.

    • -पूजनम् worship of the divine mothers.

    • -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.

    • -भावः maternity.

    • -भोगीण Adjective fit to be enjoyed or possessed by a mother.

    • -मण्डलम् the collection of the divine mothers.

    • -मातृ Feminine an epithet of Pārvatī.

    • -मुखः, -शासितः a foolish fellow, simpleton.

    • -यज्ञः a sacrifice offered to the divine mothers.

    • -वत्सलः an epithet of Kārtikeya.

    • -वधः the murder of a mother (with Buddhists one of the five unpardonable sins.)-वाहिनी Feminine a kind of bird; bat.

    • -स्वसृ Feminine (मातृष्वसृ or मातुःस्वसृ) a mother's sister, a maternal aunt.

    • -स्वसेयः (मातृष्वसेयः) a mother's sister's son. (-यी) the daughter of a maternal aunt; so मातृष्वस्रीयः -या.

    In the Gita9·17

    पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः ।

    pitāhamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ, — I the Father of this world, the Mother, the Ordainer, the first Creator, the object of Knowledge, the sacred syllable OM and also the Rik, Sama and… 9·17
    • माताmātānominative singular of the feminine noun mātṛ (the mother).
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  2. अनुमातृanumātṛa.One who infers; न हि करिणि दृष्टे चीत्कारेण तमनुमिमतेऽनुमातारः.

    One who infers; न हि करिणि दृष्टे चीत्कारेण तमनुमिमतेऽनुमातारः.

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  3. अमातृamātṛतृक [tṛka], तृक a. Motherless; Dk.2.5.

    तृक tṛka, तृक Adjective Motherless; Dk.2.5.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मातृmātṛm. (for 2. मात्/ऋ f. see p. 807, col. 1) a measurer, Nir. xi, 5
    1. masculine gender (for 2. मात्/ऋ feminine see page and participle 807, column 1) a measurer, Nir. xi, 5
    2. masculine gender one who measures across or traverses fg-veda viii, 41, 4 (confer, compare 10)
    3. masculine gender a knower, one who has true knowledge catalogue or catalogues
    4. masculine gender Name of a Partic. caste ibidem (wrong reading for माडव ?)
    5. masculine gender of an author Br2ih.
    6. feminine (derivation from √3. मा very doubtful; for 1. म्/आतृ see page and participle 804, column 2) a mother, any mother (applicable to animals) fg-veda etc. etc. (sometimes in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' exempli gratia, 'for example' कुन्ती-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, having K Kunti1 कुन्ती for a mother)
    7. feminine dual number father and mother, parents fg-veda iii, 3, 33; vii, 2, 5 (also मात्/अरा-पित्/अरा, iv, 6, 7, and पित्/अरा-मात्/अरा Pa1n2. 6-3, 33; confer, compare मातरपितरौ, column 2)
    8. feminine the earth (dual number heaven and earth) fg-veda
    9. feminine (with or scilicet लोकस्य), a cow MBh.
    10. feminine (dual number and plural) the two pieces of wood used in kindling fire fg-veda (confer, compare द्वि-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    11. feminine (plural) the waters fg-veda (confer, compare सप्तम्that the rest of a word is to be supplied and Naigh. i, 13)
    12. feminine (plural) the divine mothers or personified energies of the principal deities (sometimes reckoned as 7 in number, viz. Bra1hmi1 ब्राह्मी or Brahma1n2i1 ब्रह्माणी, Ma1hes3vari1 माहेश्वरी, Kauma1ri1 कौमारी, Vaishn2avi1 वैष्णवी, Va1ra1hi1 वाराही, Indra1n2i1 इन्द्राणी or Aindri1 ऐन्द्री or Ma1hendri1 माहेन्द्री, Ca1mun2d2a1 चामुण्डा; sometimes 8, viz. Bra1hmi ब्राह्मि, Ma1hes3vari1 माहेश्वरी, Kauma1ri1 कौमारी, Vaishn2avi1 वैष्णवी, Va1ra1hi1 वाराही, Raudri1 रौद्री, Carma-mun2d2a1 चर्म-मुण्डा, Ka1la-sam2karshin2i1 काल-संकर्षिणी; sometimes 9, viz. Brahma1n2i1 ब्रह्माणी, Vaishn2avi1 वैष्णवी, Raudri1 रौद्री, Va1ra1hi1 वाराही, Na1rasin6hika1 नारसिंहिका, Kauma1ri1 कौमारी, Ma1hendri1 माहेन्द्री, Ca1mun2d2a1 चामुण्डा, Can2d2ika1 चण्डिका; sometimes 16, viz. Gauri1 गौरी, Padma1 पद्मा, S3aci1 शची, Medha1 मेधा, Sa1vitri1 सावित्री, Vijaya1 विजया, Jaya1 जया, Deva-sena1 देव-सेना, Sva-dha1 स्व-धा, Sva1ha1 स्वाहा, S3a1nti शान्ति, Pusht2i पुष्टि, Dhr2iti धृति, Tusht2i तुष्टि, A1tma-devata1 आत्म-देवता and Kula-devata1 कुल-देवता; they are closely connected with the worship of S3iva शिव and are described as attending on his son Skanda स्कन्द or Ka1rttikeya कार्त्तिकेय, to whom at first only 7 Ma1tr2is मातृ s were assigned, but later an innumerable number; also the 13 wives of Kas3yapa कश्यप are called, लोकानाम् मातरः) MBh. R. Pur. Hcat. (RTL. 222 etc.)
    13. feminine (plural) the 8 classes of female ancestors (viz. mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, paternal and maternal aunts etc. Sam2ska1rak.; but the word "mother" is also applied to other female relatives and in familiar speech to elderly women generally)
    14. feminine Name of Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी Bhartr2.
    15. feminine of Durga1 दुर्गा Lexicographers
    16. feminine of Da1ksha1yan2i1 दाक्षायणी in certain places catalogue or catalogues
    17. feminine according to to Lexicographers also Equivalent to a colocynth
    18. feminine Salvinia Cucullata, Nardostachys Jatamansi, Sphaerantus Indicus
    19. feminine air, space
    20. feminine the lower mill-stone
    21. feminine Equivalent to विभूति
    22. feminine Equivalent to -रेवती ([confer, compare Greek, μάτηρ, μήτηρ; Latin mater; Lithuanian mote; Slavonic or Slavonian mati; German muotar, Mutter; English mother .])
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  2. अद्रिमातृadrimātṛ(/अद्रि-) mfn. having a rock or mountain for a mother RV. ix, 86, 3.

    (/अद्रि-) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a rock or mountain for a mother fg-veda ix, 86, 3.

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  3. अनुमातृanumātṛmfn. drawing inferences, S3am2k., Sch.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective drawing inferences, S3am2k., Scholiast or Commentator

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  4. अन्यमातृकanyamātṛkamf(आ)n. having another mother, Katha1s.

    mf(आ)neuter gender having another mother, Katha1s.

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  5. अन्यमातृजanyamātṛjam. a half-brother (who has the same father but another mother) Ya1jn5.

    masculine gender a half-brother (who has the same father but another mother) Ya1jn5.

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  6. अभिस्वयमातृण्णम्abhisvayamātṛṇṇamind. on the brick (used in sacrifices and called) स्वयमातृण्ण्/आ (q.v.) S3Br.

    indeclinable on the brick (used in sacrifices and called) स्वयमातृण्ण्/आ (quod vide) S3Br.

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  7. अमातृamātṛf. not a mother S3Br. xiv.

    feminine not a mother S3Br. xiv.

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