Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -कः A maternal uncle.

• -का

  1. A mother; शत्रुश्चैव हि मित्रं च न लेख्यं न च मातृका Mb.2.55.1.
  2. A grandmother;

• -सत्यामपि

  1. प्रीतौ न मातुर्मातृकाया वा शासनातिवृत्तिः Dk.2.2.
  2. A nurse.
  3. A source, origin.
  4. A divine mother.
  5. Name of certain diagrams written in characters supposed to have a magical power; मातृकारहितं मन्त्रमादिशन्ते न कुत्रचित् Brahmavidyā Up.63.
  6. The character or alphabet so used (Plural).
  7. Name of the 8 veins of the neck.

• -कम् The nature of a mother.

• -च्छिदः Name of Paraśurāma.

• -यन्त्रम् a kind of mystical diagram.