Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for मा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

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 .
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

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.
Source: Macdonell

Dhātupāṭha

Dhātupāṭha — the verbal roots of Sanskrit

माmā

Entries in the Dhātupāṭha

माने

2P, aniṭ, ak

to measure

N.B. see प्रयुक्ताख्यात-मञ्जरी 2.4.13

Paradigms in the source1 table

Present (laṭ) · parasmaipadaSource: DR

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	माति	मातः	मान्ति
2nd	मासि	माथः	माथ
1st	मामि	मावः	मामः

मा^ङ् माने । DR: मानशब्दयोः ।

3A, aniṭ, sak

to measure

Paradigms in the source10 tables

Present (laṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	मिमीते	मिमाते	मिमते
2nd	मिमीषे	मिमाथे	मिमीध्वे
1st	मिमे	मिमीवहे	मिमीमहे

Optative (vidhi-liṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	मिमीत	मिमीयाताम्	मिमीरन्
2nd	मिमीथाः	मिमीयाथाम्	मिमीध्वम्
1st	मिमीय	मिमीवहि	मिमीमहि

Imperative (loṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	मिमीताम्	मिमाताम्	मिमताम्
2nd	मिमीष्व	मिमाथाम्	मिमीध्वम्
1st	मिमै	मिमावहै	मिमामहै

Imperfect (laṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	अमिमीत	अमिमाताम्	अमिमत
2nd	अमिमीथाः	अमिमाथाम्	अमिमीध्वम्
1st	अमिमि	अमिमीवहि	अमिमीमहि

Aorist (luṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	अमास्त	अमासाताम्	अमासत
2nd	अमास्थाः	अमासाथाम्	अमाध्वम्
1st	अमासि	अमास्वहि	अमास्महि

Perfect (liṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	ममे	ममाते	ममिरे
2nd	ममिषे	ममाथे	मिमिध्वे
1st	ममे	मिमिवहे	मिमिमहे

Benedictive (āśīr-liṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	मासीष्ट	मासीयास्ताम्	मासीरन्
2nd	मासीष्ठाः	मासीयास्थाम्	मासीध्वम्
1st	मासीय	मासीवहि	मासीमहि

Periphrastic future (luṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	माता	मातारौ	मातारः
2nd	मातासे	मातासाथे	माताध्वे
1st	माताहे	मातास्वहे	मातास्महे

Future (lṛṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	मास्यते	मास्येते	मास्यन्ते
2nd	मास्यसे	मास्येथे	मास्यध्वे
1st	मास्ये	मास्यावहे	मास्यामहे

Conditional (lṛṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: BDK

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	अमास्यत	अमास्येताम्	अमास्यन्त
2nd	अमास्यथाः	अमास्येथाम्	अमास्यध्वम्
1st	अमास्ये	अमास्यावहि	अमास्यामहि

karmāṇi: 1-मीयते/ 5-अमायि ।

ṇici: मापयति/मापयते ।

sani: मित्सते ।

yaṅi: मेमीयते ।

yaṅluki: मामाति/मामेति

मा^ङ् माने

4A, aniṭ, sak
to measure

Source: Dhātupāṭha

Analysis (Beta) · मा

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