tan—mātra mfn. = °traka, [MBh. ix, 1806]; [Pañcat.]
= °trika, [BhP. iii, 10, 15]
tan—mātra n. merely that, only a trifle, [Kathās. v, 15]
[lxiii, 60]; [Rājat. vi, 1]
a rudimentary or subtle element (5 in number, viz. śabda-, sparśa-, rūpa-, rasa-, gandha-, from which the 5 Mahā-bhūtas or grosser elements are produced, cf. [RTL. p. 31] and [33]), [Yājñ. iii, 179]; [MBh. i], [xiii]; [Sāṃkhyak.]; [KapS.] &c.