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mātrāमात्राf. See s.v.
mā́trā f. measure (of any kind), quantity, size, duration, number, degree &c., [RV.] &c. &c. (bhūyasyā mātrayā, in a higher degree, [Lalit.])
unit of measure, foot, [VarBṛS.]
unit of time, moment, [Suśr.]; [ŚārṅgS.] (= nimeṣa, [VP.]; ifc. = lasting so many moments, [Gaut.])
metrical unit, a mora or prosodial instant i.e. the length of time required to pronounce a short vowel (a long vowel contains 2 Mātrās, and a prolated vowel 3), [Prāt.]
musical unit of time (3 in number), [Pañcat.]
(only once ifc.) the full measure of anything (= mātra), [Hariv. 7125]
right or correct measure, order, [RV.]; [ChUp.]
a minute portion, particle, atom, trifle, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (°trayā, ind. in small portions, in slight measure, moderately, [Daś.]; [Suśr.])
[f.] rājeti kiyatī mātrā, of what account is a king? a king is a mere trifle, [Pañcat.]
kā mātrā samudrasya, what is the importance of the sea? the sea will easily be managed, [ib.]
an element (5 in number), [BhP.]
matter, the material world, [MaitrUp.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.]
materials, property, goods, household, furniture, money, wealth, substance, livelihood (also pl.), [Vas.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a mirror, [Viṣṇ.]
an ear-ring, jewel, ornament, [Kād.]
the upper or horizontal limb of the Nāgarī characters, [W.]
mātrāśinमात्राशिन्mātrā°śin (°trāś°), mfn. eating moderately, [ib.]
mātrārdhaमात्रार्धmātrā°rdha (°trārdha), n. half-measure, half of a prosodial instant, [APrāt.]
mātrāvatमात्रावत्mātrā—vat mfn. containing a partic. measure, [KātyŚr.]; [Suśr.]
mātrāyāmमात्रायाम्mā́trāyām ind. a little, [Gaṇar.]
mātrādhikaमात्राधिकmātrā°dhika (°trādh°), mfn. a little more than (abl.), [Dharmaś.]
mātrāśitaमात्राशितmātrā°śita (°trāś°), n. eating moderately
mātrāguruमात्रागुरुmātrā—guru mfn. (food) heavy on account of its quantity or ingredients, [Suśr.]
mātrākṛtaमात्राकृतmātrā—kṛta mfn. (a metre) regulated by morae, [L.]
mātrālābhaमात्रालाभmātrā—lābha m. pl. acquisition of wealth, [MBh.]
mātrāsuraमात्रासुरmātrā°sura (°trās°), m. N. of an Asura, [Vīrac.]
mātrāsaṅgaमात्रासङ्गmātrā—saṅga m. attachment to household possessions or utensils, [Mn. vi, 57.]
mātrāvastiमात्रावस्तिmātrā—vasti m. a kind of oily clyster, [Car.]; [ŚārṅgS.]
mātrāvṛttaमात्रावृत्तmātrā—vṛtta n. = -chandas, [Col.]
mātrābhastrāमात्राभस्त्राmātrā—bhastrā f. a money-bag, purse, [Pañcat.]
mātrāchandasमात्राछन्दस्mātrā—chandas n. a metre measured by the number of prosodial instants, [Col.] (cf. akṣara- and gaṇa-cch°).
mātrāśitīyaमात्राशितीयmātrā—°śi°tīya mfn. treating of it, [Vāgbh.]
mātrāpacāraमात्रापचारm. wanting of the measure, [ĀpY.]
mātrāsamakaमात्रासमकmātrā—samaka N. of a class of metres, [Col.]
mātrāsparśaमात्रास्पर्शmātrā—sparśa m. material contact, the concurrence of material elements, [Bhag.]
mātrācyutakaमात्राच्युतकmātrā—cyutaka (prob.) n. ‘dropping of morae’, N. of a game (in which the dropped morae are to be supplied), [Kād.]
mātrālakṣaṇaमात्रालक्षणmātrā—lakṣaṇa n. N. of a Sūtra wk.
mātrāprayogaमात्राप्रयोगmātrā—prayoga m. N. of wk.
mātrāsaṃsargaमात्रासंसर्गmātrā—saṃsarga m. the mutual connection between the several parts (of a whole), [ŚBr.]
mātrāvidhānasūtraमात्राविधानसूत्रmātrā—vidhāna-sūtra n. N. of wk. (= -lakṣaṇa),
mātrākośabhāravikāमात्राकोशभारविकाmātrā—kośa-bhāravikā f. N. of wk.
mātrādisrāddhanirṇayaमात्रादिस्राद्धनिर्णयmātrā°di-srāddha-nirṇaya (°trād°), m. N. of wk.