mā́tṛ m. (for 2. mātṛ́ f. See p. 807, col. 1) a measurer,[Nir. xi, 5]
one who measures across or traverses, [RV. viii, 41, 4] (cf. 10)
a knower, one who has true knowledge, [Cat.]
N. of a partic. caste, [ib.] (w.r. for māḍava?)
of an author, [Bṛh.]
mātṛ́ f. (derivation from √ 3. mā very doubtful; for 1. mā́tṛ See p. 804, col. 2) a mother, any mother (applicable to animals), [RV.] &c. &c. (sometimes ifc., e.g. kuntī-m°, having K° for a mother)
du. father and mother, parents, [RV. iii, 3, 33]; [vii, 2, 5] (also mātárā-pitárā, [iv, 6, 7], and pitárā-mātárā, [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 33]; cf. mātarapitarau, col. 2)
the earth (du. heaven and earth), [RV.]
(with or scil. lokasya), a cow, [MBh.]
(du. and pl.) the two pieces of wood used in kindling fire, [RV.] (cf. dvi-m°)
(pl.) the waters, [RV.] (cf. saptam° and [Naigh. i, 13])
(pl.) the divine mothers or personified energies of the principal deities (sometimes reckoned as 7 in number, viz. Brāhmī or Brahmāṇī, Māheśvarī, Kaumārī, Vaiṣṇavī, Vārāhī, Indrāṇī or Aindrī or Māhendrī, Cāmuṇḍā; sometimes 8, viz. Brāhmi, Māheśvarī, Kaumārī, Vaiṣṇavī, Vārāhī, Raudrī, Carma-muṇḍā, Kāla-saṃkarṣiṇī; sometimes 9, viz. Brahmāṇī, Vaiṣṇavī, Raudrī, Vārāhī, Nārasiṃhikā, Kaumārī, Māhendrī, Cāmuṇḍā, Caṇḍikā; sometimes 16, viz. Gaurī, Padmā, Śacī, Medhā, Sāvitrī, Vijayā, Jayā, Deva-senā, Sva-dhā, Svāhā, Śānti, Puṣṭi, Dhṛti, Tuṣṭi, Ātma-devatā and Kula-devatā; they are closely connected with the worship of Śiva and are described as attending on his son Skanda or Kārttikeya, to whom at first only 7 Mātṛs were assigned, but later an innumerable number; also the 13 wives of Kaśyapa are called, lokānām mātaraḥ), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pur.]; [Hcat.] ([RTL. 222] &c.)
(pl.) the 8 classes of female ancestors (viz. mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, paternal and maternal aunts &c., [Saṃskārak.]; but the word ‘mother’ is also applied to other female relatives and in familiar speech to elderly women generally)
N. of Lakṣmī, [Bhartṛ.]
of Durgā, [L.]
of Dākṣāyaṇī in certain places, [Cat.]
accord. to [L.] also = a colocynth
Salvinia Cucullata, Nardostachys Jatamansi, Sphaeranthus Indicus
air, space
the lower mill-stone
= vibhūti
= -revatī
[cf. Gk., μάτηρ, μήτηρ; Lat. mater; Lith. motė́; Slav. mati; Germ. muotar, Mutter; Eng. mother.]