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1 मातृ
mā́tṛi1) m. a measurer, Nix. XI, 5 ;
one who measures across orᅠ 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 Bṛih. ;
mātṛí2) f. (derivation from 3. mā very doubtful)
a mother, any mother (applicable to animals) RV. etc. etc. (sometimes ifc. e.g.. kuntī-m-, having Kuntī for a mother);
du. father andᅠ mother, parents RV. III, 3, 33; VII, 2, 5 ;
( alsoᅠ, mātárā-pitárā IV, 6, 7, andᅠ pitárā-mātárā Pāṇ. 6-3, 33 ;
cf. mātarapitarau);
the earth (du. heaven andᅠ earth) RV. ;
(with orᅠ scil. lokasya), a cow MBh. ;
(du. andᅠ pl.) the two pieces of wood used in kindling fire RV. (cf. dvi-m-);
(pl.) the waters RV. (cf. saptam- andᅠ Naigh. I, 13);
(pl.) the divine mothers orᅠ personified energies of the principal deities (sometimes reckoned as 7 in number, viz. Brāhmī orᅠ Brahmāṇi, Māheṡvarī, Kaumārī, Vaishṇavī, Vārāhī, Indrāṇ! orᅠ Aindrī orᅠ Mihendrī, Cāmuṇḍā;
sometimes 8, viz. Brāhmi, Māheṡvarī, Kaumāri, Vaishṇavī, Vārāhī, Raudrī, Carma-muṇḍā, Kāla-saṃpkarshiṇī;
sometimes 9, viz. Brahmāṇī, Vaishṇavī, Raudrī, Vārāhī, Nārasiṇhikā, Kaumāri, Māhendrī, Cāmuṇḍā, Caṇḍikā;
sometimes 16, viz. Gaurī, Padmā, Ṡacī, Medhā, Sāvitrī, Vijayā, Jayā, Deva-senā, Sva-dhā, Svāhā, Ṡānti, Pushṭi, Dhṛiti, Tushṭi, Ātma-devatā andᅠ Kula-devatā;
they are closely connected with the worship of Ṡiva andᅠ are described as attending on his son Skanda orᅠ Kārttikeya, to whom at first only 7 Mātṛis were assigned, but later an innumerable number;
alsoᅠ the 13 wives of Kaṡyapa are called, lokānāmmātaraḥ) MBh. R. Pur. Hcat. (RTL. 222 etc..) ;
(pl.) the 8 classes of female ancestors (viz. mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, paternal andᅠ maternal aunts etc. Saṃskārak. ;
but the word « mother» is alsoᅠ applied to other female relatives andᅠ in familiar speech to elderly women generally);
N. of Lakshmī Bhartṛ. ;
of Durgā L. ;
of Dākshāyaṇi in certain places Cat. ;
accord. toᅠ L. alsoᅠ = a colocynth;
Salvinia Cucullata, Nardostachys Jatamansi, Sphaerantus Indicus;
air, space;
the lower mill-stone;
= vibhūti;
- revatī
+ cf. Gk. μάτηρ, μήτηρ;
Lat. mater;
Lith. mote;
Slav. mati;
Germ. muotar, ṉutter;
Eng. mother
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