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Results for वैमातृक

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Apte Dictionary

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

वैमातृकvaimātṛkaवैमात्रः [vaimātrḥ] वैमात्रकः [vaimātrakḥ] वैमात्रेयः [vaimātrēyḥ], वैमात्रः वैमात्रकः वैमात्रेयः A…

वैमात्रः vaimātrḥ वैमात्रकः vaimātrakḥ वैमात्रेयः vaimātrēyḥ, वैमात्रः वैमात्रकः वैमात्रेयः A stepmother's son; येन वैश्रवणो भ्राता वैमात्राः कारणान्तरे Rām.3.48.4.

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द्वैमातृकdvaimātṛkaa.(-की f.) Nourished by rain and rivers (as a country); cf. देवमातृक.

(-की Feminine) Nourished by rain and rivers (as a country); Compare देवमातृक.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

द्वैमातृकdvaimātṛkamf(ई)n. nourished by (2 mothers i.e. by) rain and rivers (as a country cf. देव-ं˚ and नदी-म्˚) L.

mf(ई)neuter gender nourished by (2 mothers id est by) rain and rivers (as a country confer, compare देव-ंthat the rest of a word is to be supplied and नदी-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) Lexicographers

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