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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. माmā[mấ] prohibitive ad. cj. (=Gk. mh/) not, O that not; that not, in order that not: 1. with impv.; 2. with…
    1. [mấ] prohibitive adverb, -ial, -ially conjunction (Equivalent toGreek mh/) not, O that not; that not, in order that not: 1. with imperative; 2. with potential (not common), may not! will not, I hope; 3. with subjunctive impf. (rare), aorist (very common), which in Classical (post-Vedic) SanskritEquivalent toin dicative without the augment (the indicative with the augment occurs, but very rarely, generally in Epic); 4. with fut.Equivalent toin order that not (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, Epic, not common); 5. with present participle (very rare: for example mâ gîvan, he deserves not to live); 6. with perfect passive participle, for example gatah sa mâ, he cannot have gone (very rare); 7. elliptically without a verb, not so! mâ mâ, mâ mâ ͜ evam, mâ tâvat, not so! yathâ mâ, in order that not; bhavatu mâ vâ ͜ astu, be it or not; mâ katham nu bha vatu, how should not be? mâ bhûd âgatah, can he not have arrived?Equivalent tosurely he must have arrived; mâ nâma rakshinah, heaven forbid that it should be the warders! mâ na, with aorist subjunctiveEquivalent toindicative without a negative (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit; very rare); mấ ͜ u (mó), and not (prohibitive; Veda, Vedic); mâ sma (with imperative or aorist subjunctive), not (prohibitive), in order that not; sma mấ, mó sma, the same (Brâhmana); mâ -mâ ͜ uta, not -nor.
    2. [mâ] encliti accusative of ahám, I.
    3. [mâ] feminine; also equal for authority, knowledge.

    In the Gita2·32·4711·3411·4916·518·66

    क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते।

    klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitattvayyupapadyate, — Fall not from the virility of the fighter and the hero, O Partha! it is not fitting in thee. Shake off this paltry faintheartedness and arise, O… 2·3
    • स्मsmaa pleonastic particle generally added to the negative prohibitive particle मा mā.
    • माmāa negative indeclinable particle.
  2. अंशुमालिन्aṃśumālin[amsu-mâlin] m. sun.

    [amsu-mâlin] masculine sun.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. माmā(for 751 read 771).
    1. (for 751 read 771).
    2. indeclinable (causing a following छ् to be changed to च्छ् Pa1n2. 6-1, 74) not, that not, lest, would that not fg-veda etc.
    3. a particle of prohibition or negation Equivalent to Greek μή, most commonly joined with the Subjunctive id est the augmentless form of a past tense (especially of the Aorist exempli gratia, 'for example' म्/आ नो वधीर् इन्द्र, do not slay us, O Indra इन्द्र fg-veda; मा भैषीः or मा भैः, do not be afraid MBh.; तपोवन-वासिनाम् उपरोधो मा भूत्, let there not be any disturbance of the inhabitants of the sacred grove S3ak.; often also with स्म exempli gratia, 'for example' मा स्म गमः, do not go Bhag. confer, compare Pa1n2. 3-3, 175; 176 in the sense of, "that not, lest" also यथा मा exempli gratia, 'for example' यथा मा वो मृत्युः परि-व्यत्का इति, that death may not disturb you, Pras3naUp.; or मायथा exempli gratia, 'for example' मा भूत् काला*त्ययो यथा, lest there be any loss of time R.; मा न with Aorist subjunctive Equivalent to Ind, without a negative exempli gratia, 'for example' मा द्विषो न वधीर् मम, do slay my enemies Bhat2t2. confer, compare Va1m. v, 1, 9; rarely with the augmentless imperfect tense with or without स्म exempli gratia, 'for example' मई*नम् अभिभाषथाः, do not speak to him R.; मा स्म करोत्, let him not do it Pa1n2. 6-4, 74 Scholiast or Commentator; exceptionally also with the Ind. of the Aorist exempli gratia, 'for example', मा, कालस् त्वाम् अत्य्-अगात्, may not the season pass by thee MBh.; confer, compare Pa1n2. 6-4, 75 Scholiast or Commentator)
    4. indeclinable or with the imperative (in fg-veda only viii, 103, 6, मा नो हृणीताम् [SV. हृणीतास्] @agni4H, may Agni अग्नि not be angry with us; but very often in later language exempli gratia, 'for example' मा क्रन्द do not cry MBh.; गच्छ वा मा आ, you can go or not go ibidem; रिपुर् अयम् माजायताम्, may not this foe arise, S3a1ntis3.; also with स्म exempli gratia, 'for example' मा स्व किं चिद् वचो वद do not speak a word MBh.)
    5. indeclinable or with the Potential (exempli gratia, 'for example' मा यमम् पश्येयम्, may l not see Yama यम; especially माभुजेम in fg-veda)
    6. indeclinable or with the Prec. (only once in मा भूयात्, may it not be R. [Bombay edition] ii, 75, 45)
    7. indeclinable or sometimes with the future (Equivalent to that not, lest exempli gratia, 'for example' मात्वां शप्स्ये, lest I curse thee MBh. confer, compare Vop. xxv, 27)
    8. indeclinable or with a participle (exempli gratia, 'for example' माजीवन्यो दुःखदग्धो जीवति, he ought not to live who lives consumed by pain Pan5cat.; गतः स मा, he cannot have gone Katha1s.; मई*वम्प्रा*र्थ्यम्, it must not be so requested BhP.)
    9. indeclinable sometimes for the simple negative न (exempli gratia, 'for example' कथम् मा भूत्, how may it not be Katha1s.; मा गन्तुम् अर्हसि, thou oughtest not to go, R; मा भूद् आगतः, can he not id est surely he must have arrived Amar.)
    10. indeclinable occasionally without a verb (e. gaRa मा शब्दः or शब्दम्, do not make a noise Hariv.; मा नाम रक्षिणः, may it not be the watchmen Mr2icch.; मा भवन्तम् अनलः पवनो वा, may not fire or wind harm thee Va1m. v, 1, 14; especially Equivalent to not so exempli gratia, 'for example' मा प्रातृद, not so, O Pr Pra1tr2ida प्रातृद S3Br.; in this meaning also मा मा, मा मै*वम्, मा तावत्)
    11. indeclinable in the Veda वेद often with उ (म्/ओ*) Equivalent to and not, nor (exempli gratia, 'for example' म्/आ मघ्/ओनः प्/अरि ख्यतम् म्/ओ*अस्म्/आकम् /ऋष्णाम्, do not forget the rich lords nor us the poets fg-veda v, 65, 6; and then usually followed by ष्/उ Equivalent to स्/उ exempli gratia, 'for example' मो* ष्/उ णः न्/इरृतिर् वधीत्, let not N Ni4rr2itir निरृतिर् on any account destroy us, i, 38, 6)
    12. indeclinable in S3Br. स्म मा - म्/ओ स्म Equivalent to neither - nor (in a prohibitive sense).
    13. class3 Parasmaipada म्/इमाति (according to to Dha1tup. xxv, 6 Atmane-pada मिमीते SV. मिमेति; Potential मिमीयत् Ka1t2h.; perfect tense, मिमाय; Aorist /अमीमेत् subjunctive मीमयत्; infinitive mood म्/आतव्/ऐ), to sound, bellow, roar, bleat (especially said of cows, calves, goats etc.) fg-veda AV. Breton : Intensive, only pr. page and participle म्/एम्यत्, bleating (as a goat) fg-veda i, 162, 2.
    14. class2 Parasmaipada (Dha1tup. xxiv, 54) माति; class3 Atmane-pada (xxv, 6) म्/इमीते; class4. Atmane-pada (xxvi, 33) मायते (Vedic or Veda and Epic also मिमाति Potential मिमीयात् imperative, मिमीहि; Potential मिमेत् Breton; perfect tense मम्/औ, ममे, ममिर्/ए fg-veda; Aorist /अइनासि subjunctive मसातै AV.; अमासीत् grammar; Prec. मासीष्ट, मेयात् ibidem; future माता; मास्यति, मास्यते ibidem; infinitive mood म्/ए -म्/ऐ fg-veda; मातुम् Breton; indeclinablepage and participle मित्व्/आ, -म्/आय fg-veda etc.), to measure, mete out, mark off fg-veda etc.; to measure across Equivalent to traverse fg-veda; to measure (by any standard), compare with (instrumental case) Kum.; (माति) to correspond in measure (either with genitive case, "to be large or long enough for" BhP.; or with locative case, "to find room or be contained in" Inscriptions Ka1v.; or with न and instrumental case, "to be beside one's self with" Vcar. Katha1s.); to measure out, apportion, grant fg-veda; to help any one (accusative) to anything (dative case) ibidem, i, 120, 9; to prepare, arrange, fashion, form, build, make fg-veda; to show, display, exhibit (अमिमीत, "he displayed or developed himself", iii, 29, 11) ibidem; (in philosophy) to infer, conclude; to pray (याच्ञा-कर्मणि) Naigh. iii, 59 : Passive voice मीय्/अते (Aorist अमायि); to be measured etc. fg-veda etc. etc. Causal, मापयति, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते (Aorist अमीमपत् Pa1n2. 7-4, 93 vArttika 2 Pat.), to cause to be measured or built, measure, build, erect Up. Gr2S. MBh. etc.: Desiderative मित्सति, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते Pa1n2. 7-4, 54; 58 (confer, compare निर्-√मा): Intensive मेमीयते Pa1n2. 6-4, 66. [confer, compare Zend ma1; Greek μέτρον, μετρέω; Latin me1tior, mensus, mensura; Slavonic or Slavonian me8ra; Lithuanian me3ra4 .]
    15. feminine a mother Lexicographers
    16. feminine measure Lexicographers
    17. feminine authority (653884 -त्व neuter gender) Nya1yam.
    18. feminine light Lexicographers
    19. feminine knowledge Lexicographers
    20. feminine binding, fettering Lexicographers
    21. feminine death Lexicographers
    22. feminine a woman's waist Lexicographers
    23. feminine see under 4. म, page and participle 751, column 2 .
  2. अंशुमालाaṃśumālāf. a garland of light, halo.

    feminine a garland of light, halo.

  3. अंशुमालिन्aṃśumālinm. the sun.

    masculine gender the sun.

  4. अकर्मान्वितakarmānvitamfn. unoccupied
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unoccupied
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective disqualified.
  5. अकल्माषakalmāṣam. N. of a son of the fourth Manu मनु Hariv.
    1. masculine gender Name of a son of the fourth Manu मनु Hariv.
    2. mf(ई)neuter gender spotless, S3Br.

Dhātupāṭha

Dhātupāṭha — the verbal roots of Sanskrit
  1. माmā2P 4A 3Ato measure

    Entries in the Dhātupāṭha

    • माने

      Class · Parasmaipada

      to measure

      N.B. see प्रयुक्ताख्यात-मञ्जरी 2.4.13

      Paradigms in the source1 table
      Present (laṭ)Source: DR
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमातिमातःमान्ति
      2ndमासिमाथःमाथ
      1stमामिमावःमामः
    • माङ् माने

      Class · Ātmanepada

      to measure

    • माङ् माने । DR: मानशब्दयोः ।

      Class · Ātmanepada

      to measure

      Paradigms in the source10 tables
      Present (laṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमिमीतेमिमातेमिमते
      2ndमिमीषेमिमाथेमिमीध्वे
      1stमिमेमिमीवहेमिमीमहे
      Optative (vidhi-liṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमिमीतमिमीयाताम्मिमीरन्
      2ndमिमीथाःमिमीयाथाम्मिमीध्वम्
      1stमिमीयमिमीवहिमिमीमहि
      Imperative (loṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमिमीताम्मिमाताम्मिमताम्
      2ndमिमीष्वमिमाथाम्मिमीध्वम्
      1stमिमैमिमावहैमिमामहै
      Imperfect (laṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdअमिमीतअमिमाताम्अमिमत
      2ndअमिमीथाःअमिमाथाम्अमिमीध्वम्
      1stअमिमिअमिमीवहिअमिमीमहि
      Aorist (luṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdअमास्तअमासाताम्अमासत
      2ndअमास्थाःअमासाथाम्अमाध्वम्
      1stअमासिअमास्वहिअमास्महि
      Perfect (liṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdममेममातेममिरे
      2ndममिषेममाथेमिमिध्वे
      1stममेमिमिवहेमिमिमहे
      Benedictive (āśīr-liṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमासीष्टमासीयास्ताम्मासीरन्
      2ndमासीष्ठाःमासीयास्थाम्मासीध्वम्
      1stमासीयमासीवहिमासीमहि
      Periphrastic future (luṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमातामातारौमातारः
      2ndमातासेमातासाथेमाताध्वे
      1stमाताहेमातास्वहेमातास्महे
      Future (lṛṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमास्यतेमास्येतेमास्यन्ते
      2ndमास्यसेमास्येथेमास्यध्वे
      1stमास्येमास्यावहेमास्यामहे
      Conditional (lṛṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdअमास्यतअमास्येताम्अमास्यन्त
      2ndअमास्यथाःअमास्येथाम्अमास्यध्वम्
      1stअमास्येअमास्यावहिअमास्यामहि

      karmāṇi: 1-मीयते/ 5-अमायि ।

      ṇici: मापयति/मापयते ।

      sani: मित्सते ।

      yaṅi: मेमीयते ।

      yaṅluki: मामाति/मामेति

  2. माmā2P 4A 3Ato measure

    Entries in the Dhātupāṭha

    • माने

      Class · Parasmaipada

      to measure

      N.B. see प्रयुक्ताख्यात-मञ्जरी 2.4.13

      Paradigms in the source1 table
      Present (laṭ)Source: DR
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमातिमातःमान्ति
      2ndमासिमाथःमाथ
      1stमामिमावःमामः
    • माङ् माने

      Class · Ātmanepada

      to measure

    • माङ् माने । DR: मानशब्दयोः ।

      Class · Ātmanepada

      to measure

      Paradigms in the source10 tables
      Present (laṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमिमीतेमिमातेमिमते
      2ndमिमीषेमिमाथेमिमीध्वे
      1stमिमेमिमीवहेमिमीमहे
      Optative (vidhi-liṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमिमीतमिमीयाताम्मिमीरन्
      2ndमिमीथाःमिमीयाथाम्मिमीध्वम्
      1stमिमीयमिमीवहिमिमीमहि
      Imperative (loṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमिमीताम्मिमाताम्मिमताम्
      2ndमिमीष्वमिमाथाम्मिमीध्वम्
      1stमिमैमिमावहैमिमामहै
      Imperfect (laṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdअमिमीतअमिमाताम्अमिमत
      2ndअमिमीथाःअमिमाथाम्अमिमीध्वम्
      1stअमिमिअमिमीवहिअमिमीमहि
      Aorist (luṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdअमास्तअमासाताम्अमासत
      2ndअमास्थाःअमासाथाम्अमाध्वम्
      1stअमासिअमास्वहिअमास्महि
      Perfect (liṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdममेममातेममिरे
      2ndममिषेममाथेमिमिध्वे
      1stममेमिमिवहेमिमिमहे
      Benedictive (āśīr-liṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमासीष्टमासीयास्ताम्मासीरन्
      2ndमासीष्ठाःमासीयास्थाम्मासीध्वम्
      1stमासीयमासीवहिमासीमहि
      Periphrastic future (luṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमातामातारौमातारः
      2ndमातासेमातासाथेमाताध्वे
      1stमाताहेमातास्वहेमातास्महे
      Future (lṛṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdमास्यतेमास्येतेमास्यन्ते
      2ndमास्यसेमास्येथेमास्यध्वे
      1stमास्येमास्यावहेमास्यामहे
      Conditional (lṛṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK
      PersonSingularDualPlural
      3rdअमास्यतअमास्येताम्अमास्यन्त
      2ndअमास्यथाःअमास्येथाम्अमास्यध्वम्
      1stअमास्येअमास्यावहिअमास्यामहि

      karmāṇi: 1-मीयते/ 5-अमायि ।

      ṇici: मापयति/मापयते ।

      sani: मित्सते ।

      yaṅi: मेमीयते ।

      yaṅluki: मामाति/मामेति

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अकल्माषakalmāṣa1 Name of the son of the fourth Manu; Hariv.
    1. 1 Name of the son of the fourth Manu; Hariv.
    2. Without sin or stain.