श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home

कोशःDictionaries

Search all dictionaries

Apte, Monier-Williams and Macdonell at once. Type in any of fifteen scripts and schemes; the word is converted and looked up wherever it is part of a headword.

Results for मात्र

328 entries · exact headword first

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मात्रmātraa.(-त्रा, -त्री f.) [मा-त्रन्] An affix added to nouns in the sense of 'measuring as much as', 'as high or long…

    (-त्रा, -त्री Feminine) मा-त्रन् An affix added to nouns in the sense of 'measuring as much as', 'as high or long, or broad as', 'reaching as far as', as in ऊरुमात्री भित्तिः; पञ्चदशयोजनमात्रमध्वानमतिचक्राम K.; (in this sense the word may as well be considered to be मात्रा at the end of comp. quod vide, which see below).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -त्रः

      1. A Brāhmaṇa of the lower order (by brith). त्रम् A measure, whether of length, breadth, height, size, space, distance or number; अग्रे तिष्ठत मात्रं मे Bhāg.6.11.5; usually at the end of comp, id est, that is अङ्गुलिमात्रम् a 'finger's breadth'; किंचिन्मात्रं गत्वा 'to some distance'; क्रोशमात्रे 'at the distance of a Krośa', रेखामात्रमपि 'even the breadth of a line, as much as a line'; रेखामात्रमपि क्षुण्णादा मनोर्वर्त्मनः परम्, (न व्यतीयुः) R.1.17; so क्षणमात्रम्, निमिष- मात्रम् 'the space of an instant', शतमात्र 'a hundred in number'; so गजमात्र 'as high or big as an elephant'; तालमात्र, यवमात्र etc.
      2. The full measure of anything, the whole or entire class of things, totality; जीवमात्रम् or प्राणिमात्रम् 'the entire class of living beings'; मनुष्य- मात्रो मर्त्यः 'every man is mortal'; वस्तुमात्रपक्षकोऽनुपसंहारी (हेतुः) Tarka K.; मानुषमात्रदुष्करं कर्मानुष्ठितम् Dk.
      3. The simple measure of anything, the one thing and no more, often translateable by 'mere', 'only', 'even'; जातिमात्रेण H.1.58 'by mere caste', टिट्टिभमात्रेण समुद्रो व्याकुलीकृतः 2.149. 'by a mere wag-tail', वाचामात्रेण जाप्यसे Ś.2 'merely by words'; so अर्थमात्रम्, संमानमात्रम् Pt.1.83; used with past participles मात्र may be translated by 'as soon as', 'no sooner than', 'just'; विद्धमात्रः R.5.51 'as soon as pierced'; 'when just pierced'; भुक्तमात्रे 'just after eating'; प्रविष्टमात्र एव तत्र- भवति Ś.3 etc.
      4. An element, elementary matter; अहं पयो ज्योतिरथानिलो नभो मात्राणि देवा मन इन्द्रियाणि Bhāg. 1.59.31.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मात्रmātra[mâ-tra] n. element (only P.); --˚, mea sure, size, height, depth, length, breadth, distance; quantity, sum…

    [mâ-tra] neuter element (only Parasmaipada); --˚, mea sure, size, height, depth, length, breadth, distance; quantity, sum (of money); dura tion or space of time; number (redundant with numerals); whole measure, totality, ag gregate or entire class of, so and so in the widest sense; no more than what the preced ing word expresses: to be translated by no thing but, only, merely; --˚ adjective (â, î) as large, high, deep, long, broad, or far as; as much or many as; having no more than, amount ing only to, consisting of nothing but; being nothing but, a simple or mere; following im mediately after: with perfect passive participleEquivalent tono sooner than, scarcely, as soon as, only just; consisting of (so many) morae; lasting (so many) moments; possessing (anything) as one's property.

  2. अक्षमात्रakṣamātra[aksha-mâtra] n. (measured by the eye), moment: in. in a moment.

    [aksha-mâtra] neuter (measured by the eye), moment: instrumental in a moment.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मात्रmātram. a Bra1hman Brahman of the lowest order i.e. only by birth Hcat.
    1. masculine gender a Bra1hman Brahman of the lowest order id est only by birth Hcat.
    2. neuter gender an element, elementary matter BhP.
    3. neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') measure, quantity, sum, size, duration, measure of any kind (whether of height, depth, breadth, length, distance, time or number exempli gratia, 'for example' अङ्गुल-मात्रम्, a finger's breadth Pan5cat.; अर्थ-मात्रम्, a certain sum of money ibidem; क्रोश . मात्रे, at the distance of a Kos Hit. Page804,3; मास-मात्रे, in a month La1t2y.; शत-मात्रम्, a hundred in number Katha1s.)
    4. neuter gender the full or simple measure of anything, the whole or totality, the one thing and no more, often Equivalent to nothing but, entirely, only (exempli gratia, 'for example' राज-मात्रम्, the whole class of kings S3a1n3khS3r.; भय-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, all that may be called danger, any danger VarBr2S.; रति-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, nothing but sensuality Mn.; शब्द-मात्रेण, only by a sound S3ak.)
    5. mf(आ and ई)neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') having the measure of id est as large or high or long or broad or deep or far or much or many (confer, compare अङ्गुष्ठ-, ताल-, बाहु-, यव-, तवन्-, एतवन् m many)
    6. mf(आ and ई)neuter gender Possessing (only) as much as or no more than (confer, compare प्रा*ण-यास्रिक-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    7. mf(आ and ई)neuter gender amounting (only) to (pleonastically after numerals; confer, compare त्रि-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    8. mf(आ and ई)neuter gender being nothing but, simply or merely (confer, compare पदाति-, मनुष्य-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied; after a pp. Equivalent to scarcely, as soon as, merely, just exempli gratia, 'for example' जात-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, scarcely or just born Mn.; कृष्ट-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, merely ploughed Ka1tyS3r.; भुक्त-मात्रे, immediately after eating Mn.)
    9. that the rest of a word is to be suppliedत्रक etc. see page and participle804, columns 2, 3.
  2. अक्षमात्रakṣamātran. anything as big as dice
    1. neuter gender anything as big as dice
    2. neuter gender the twinkling of an eye, a moment (confer, compare 4. अक्ष) Lexicographers
  3. अङ्गुलिमात्रaṅgulimātramfn. of the size of a finger, MaitrS.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective of the size of a finger, MaitrS.

  4. अङ्गुष्ठमात्रaṅguṣṭhamātramf(ई)n. having the length or size of a thumb.

    mf(ई)neuter gender having the length or size of a thumb.

  5. अङ्गुष्ठमात्रकaṅguṣṭhamātrakamf(इका)n. having the length or size of a thumb.

    mf(इका)neuter gender having the length or size of a thumb.

  6. अणुमात्रaṇumātramfn. having the size of an atom.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having the size of an atom.

  7. अणुमात्रिकaṇumātrikamfn. having the size of an atom
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having the size of an atom
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective containing the atomic elements (मात्रा) of the body Mn. i, 56.