mā | मा | mA
mā | मा | f. a mother, L.
measure, L.
authority (-tva | -त्व | n.), Nyāyam.
light, L.
knowledge, L.
binding, fettering, L.
death, L.
a woman's waist, L.
1. mā/ | मा/ | ind. (causing a following C to be changed to cC | च्C |, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 74) not, that not, lest, would that not, RV. &c. &c.
a particle of prohibition or negation = Gk. μή, most commonly joined with the Subjunctive i.e. the augmentless form of a past tense (esp. of the aor., e.g. mā/ no vaḍīr indra | मा/ नो वडीर् इन्द्र |, do not slay us, O Indra, RV.; mā BEśīḥ | मा BEशीः | or mā BEḥ | मा BEः |, do not be afraid, MBh.; tapovana-vāsinām uparoḍo mā Būt | तपोवन-वासिनाम् उपरोडो मा Bऊत् |, let there not be any disturbance of the inhabitants of the sacred grove, Śak.; often also with sma | स्म |, e.g. mā sma gamaḥ | मा स्म गमः |, do not go, Bhag. cf. Pāṇ. iii, 3, 175; 176; in the sense of ‘that not, lest’ also yaṭā mā | यटा मा |, e.g. yaṭā mā vo mftyuḥ pari-vyatkā iti | यटा मा वो म्फ़्त्युः परि-व्यत्का इति |, that death may not disturb you, PraśnaUp.; or mā yaṭā | मा यटा |, e.g. mā Būt kālātyayo yaṭā | मा Bऊत् कालात्ययो यटा |, lest there be any loss of time, R.; mā na | मा न | with aor. Subj. = Ind. without a negative, e.g. mā dviśo na vaḍīr mama | मा द्विशो न वडीर् मम |, do slay my enemies, Bhaṭṭ. cf. Vām. v, 1, 9; rarely with the augmentless impf. with or without sma | स्म |, e.g. mEnam aBiBāśaṭāḥ | म्Eनम् अBइBआशटाः |, do not speak to him, R.; mā sma karot | मा स्म करोत् |, let him not do it, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 74, Sch.; exceptionally also with the Ind. of the aor., e.g., mā kālas tvām aty-agāt | मा कालस् त्वाम् अत्य्-अगात् |, may not the season pass by thee, MBh.; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 75, Sch.)
or with the Impv. (in RV. only viii, 103, 6, mā no hfṛītām | मा नो ह्फ़ृईताम् | [SV. hfṛītās | ह्फ़ृईतास् |] agni/ḥ | अग्नि/ः |, may Agni not be angry with us; but very often in later language, e.g. mā kranda | मा क्रन्द | do not cry, MBh.; gacCa vā mā vā | गच्Cअ वा मा वा |, you can go or not go, ib.; ripur ayam mā jāyatām | रिपुर् अयम् मा जायताम् |, may not this foe arise, Śāntiś.; also with sma | स्म |, e.g. mā sma kiṃ cid vaco vada | मा स्म किं चिद् वचो वद | do not speak a word, MBh.)
or with the Pot. (e.g. mā yamam paṣyeyam | मा यमम् पष्येयम् |, may I not see Yama; esp. māBujema | माBउजेम | in RV.)
or with the Prec. (only once in mā Būyāt | मा Bऊयात् |, may it not be, R. [B.] ii, 75, 45)
or sometimes with the fut. (= that not, lest, e.g. mā tvāṃ ṣapsye | मा त्वां षप्स्ये |, lest I curse thee, MBh. cf. Vop. xxv, 27)
or with a participle (e.g. mā jīvanyo duḥKadagḍo jīvati | मा जीवन्यो दुःKअदग्डो जीवति |, he ought not to live who lives consumed by pain, Pañcat.; gataḥ sa mā | गतः स मा |, he cannot have gone, Kathās.; maīvamprārṭyam | मईवम्प्रार्ट्यम् |, it must not be so requested, BhP.)
sometimes for the simple negative na | न | (e.g. kaṭam mā Būt | कटम् मा Bऊत् |, how may it not be, Kathās.; mā gantum arhasi | मा गन्तुम् अर्हसि |, thou oughtest not to go, R.; mā Būd āgataḥ | मा Bऊद् आगतः |, can he not i.e. surely he must have arrived, Amar.)
occasionally without a verb (e. g. mā ṣabdaḥ | मा षब्दः | or ṣabdam | षब्दम् |, do not make a noise, Hariv.; mā nāma rakśiṛaḥ | मा नाम रक्शिऋअः |, may it not be the watchmen, Mṛcch.; mā Bavantam analaḥ pavano vā | मा Bअवन्तम् अनलः पवनो वा |, may not fire or wind harm thee, Vām. v, 1, 14; esp. = not so, e.g. mā prātfda | मा प्रात्फ़्द |, not so, O Pr˚, ŚBr.; in this meaning also mā mā | मा मा |, mā mEvam | मा म्Eवम् |, mā tāvat | मा तावत् |)
in the Veda often with u (mo/ | मो/ |) = and not, nor (e.g. mā/ maṅo/naḥ pa/ri Kyatam mo/ asmā/kam f/śṛām | मा/ मङो/नः प/रि Kयतम् मो/ अस्मा/कम् फ़्/शृआम् |, do not forget the rich lords nor us the poets, RV. v, 65, 6; and then usually followed by śu/ | शु/ | = su/ | सु/ |, e.g. mo śu/ ṛaḥ ni/rftir vaḍīt | मो शु/ ऋअः नि/र्फ़्तिर् वडीत् |, let not N˚ on any account destroy us, i, 38, 6)
in ŚBr. sma mā | स्म मा | — mo/ sma | मो/ स्म | = neither — nor (in a prohibitive sense).
2. mā | मा | cl. 3. P. mi/māti | मि/माति | (accord. to Dhātup. xxv, 6 Ā. mimīte | मिमीते |; SV. mimeti | मिमेति |; Pot. mimīyat | मिमीयत् |, Kāṭh.; pf., mimāya | मिमाय |; aor. a/mīmet | अ/मीमेत् | Subj. mīmayat | मीमयत् |; inf. mā/tavE/ | मा/तव्E/ |), to sound, bellow, roar, bleat (esp. said of cows, calves, goats &c.), RV.; AV.; Br. : Intens., only pr. p. me/myat | मे/म्यत् |, bleating (as a goat), RV. i, 162, 2.
3. mā | मा | cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 54) māti | माति |; cl. 3. Ā. (xxv, 6) mi/mīte | मि/मीते |; cl. 4. Ā. (xxvi, 33) māyate | मायते | (Ved. and ep. also mimāti | मिमाति |, Pot. mimīyāt | मिमीयात् |, Impv., mimīhi | मिमीहि |; Pot. mimet | मिमेत् |, Br.; pf. mamO/ | मम्O/ |, mame | ममे |, mamire/ | ममिरे/ |, RV.; aor. a/māsi | अ/मासि |, Subj. mā/sātE | मा/सात्E |, AV.; amāsīt | अमासीत् | Gr.; Prec. māsīśwa | मासीश्wअ |, meyāt | मेयात् |, ib.; fut. mātā | माता |; māsyati | मास्यति |, māsyate | मास्यते |, ib.; inf. -me/ | -मे/ |, -mE/ | -म्E/ |, RV.; mātum | मातुम् |, Br.; ind.p. mitvā/ | मित्वा/ |, -mā/ya | -मा/य |, RV. &c. &c.), to measure, mete out, mark off, RV. &c. &c.; to measure across = traverse, RV.; to measure (by any standard), compare with (instr.), Kum.; (māti | माति |) to correspond in measure (either with gen., ‘to be large or long enough for’, BhP.; or with loc., ‘to find room or be contained in’, Inscr.; Kāv.; or with na | न | and instr., ‘to be beside one's self with’, Vcar.; Kathās.); to measure out, apportion, grant, RV.; to help any one (acc.) to anything (dat.), ib., i, 120, 9; to prepare, arrange, fashion, form, build, make, RV.; to show, display, exhibit (amimīta | अमिमीत |, ‘he displayed or developed himself’, iii, 29, 11), ib.; (in phil.) to infer, conclude; to pray (yācẏā-karmaṛi | याच्य़ा-कर्मऋइ |), Naigh. iii, 19 : Pass. mīya/te | मीय/ते | (aor. amāyi | अमायि |); to be measured &c., RV.; &c. Caus., māpayati | मापयति |, ˚te | ˚ते | (aor. amīmapat | अमीमपत् |, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93, Vārtt. 2 Pat.), to cause to be measured or built, measure, build, erect, Up.; GṛS.; MBh. &c.: Desid. mitsati | मित्सति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54; 58 (cf. nir-√ mā | निर्-√ मा |) : Intens. memīyate | मेमीयते |, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.
mā | मा | [cf. Zd. mā; Gk. μέτρον, μετρέω; Lat. mētior, mensus, mensura; Slav. měra; Lith. mėrà.]
4. mā | मा | f. See under 4. ma | म |, p. 771, col. 2.
measure, L.
authority (-tva | -त्व | n.), Nyāyam.
light, L.
knowledge, L.
binding, fettering, L.
death, L.
a woman's waist, L.
1. mā/ | मा/ | ind. (causing a following C to be changed to cC | च्C |, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 74) not, that not, lest, would that not, RV. &c. &c.
a particle of prohibition or negation = Gk. μή, most commonly joined with the Subjunctive i.e. the augmentless form of a past tense (esp. of the aor., e.g. mā/ no vaḍīr indra | मा/ नो वडीर् इन्द्र |, do not slay us, O Indra, RV.; mā BEśīḥ | मा BEशीः | or mā BEḥ | मा BEः |, do not be afraid, MBh.; tapovana-vāsinām uparoḍo mā Būt | तपोवन-वासिनाम् उपरोडो मा Bऊत् |, let there not be any disturbance of the inhabitants of the sacred grove, Śak.; often also with sma | स्म |, e.g. mā sma gamaḥ | मा स्म गमः |, do not go, Bhag. cf. Pāṇ. iii, 3, 175; 176; in the sense of ‘that not, lest’ also yaṭā mā | यटा मा |, e.g. yaṭā mā vo mftyuḥ pari-vyatkā iti | यटा मा वो म्फ़्त्युः परि-व्यत्का इति |, that death may not disturb you, PraśnaUp.; or mā yaṭā | मा यटा |, e.g. mā Būt kālātyayo yaṭā | मा Bऊत् कालात्ययो यटा |, lest there be any loss of time, R.; mā na | मा न | with aor. Subj. = Ind. without a negative, e.g. mā dviśo na vaḍīr mama | मा द्विशो न वडीर् मम |, do slay my enemies, Bhaṭṭ. cf. Vām. v, 1, 9; rarely with the augmentless impf. with or without sma | स्म |, e.g. mEnam aBiBāśaṭāḥ | म्Eनम् अBइBआशटाः |, do not speak to him, R.; mā sma karot | मा स्म करोत् |, let him not do it, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 74, Sch.; exceptionally also with the Ind. of the aor., e.g., mā kālas tvām aty-agāt | मा कालस् त्वाम् अत्य्-अगात् |, may not the season pass by thee, MBh.; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 75, Sch.)
or with the Impv. (in RV. only viii, 103, 6, mā no hfṛītām | मा नो ह्फ़ृईताम् | [SV. hfṛītās | ह्फ़ृईतास् |] agni/ḥ | अग्नि/ः |, may Agni not be angry with us; but very often in later language, e.g. mā kranda | मा क्रन्द | do not cry, MBh.; gacCa vā mā vā | गच्Cअ वा मा वा |, you can go or not go, ib.; ripur ayam mā jāyatām | रिपुर् अयम् मा जायताम् |, may not this foe arise, Śāntiś.; also with sma | स्म |, e.g. mā sma kiṃ cid vaco vada | मा स्म किं चिद् वचो वद | do not speak a word, MBh.)
or with the Pot. (e.g. mā yamam paṣyeyam | मा यमम् पष्येयम् |, may I not see Yama; esp. māBujema | माBउजेम | in RV.)
or with the Prec. (only once in mā Būyāt | मा Bऊयात् |, may it not be, R. [B.] ii, 75, 45)
or sometimes with the fut. (= that not, lest, e.g. mā tvāṃ ṣapsye | मा त्वां षप्स्ये |, lest I curse thee, MBh. cf. Vop. xxv, 27)
or with a participle (e.g. mā jīvanyo duḥKadagḍo jīvati | मा जीवन्यो दुःKअदग्डो जीवति |, he ought not to live who lives consumed by pain, Pañcat.; gataḥ sa mā | गतः स मा |, he cannot have gone, Kathās.; maīvamprārṭyam | मईवम्प्रार्ट्यम् |, it must not be so requested, BhP.)
sometimes for the simple negative na | न | (e.g. kaṭam mā Būt | कटम् मा Bऊत् |, how may it not be, Kathās.; mā gantum arhasi | मा गन्तुम् अर्हसि |, thou oughtest not to go, R.; mā Būd āgataḥ | मा Bऊद् आगतः |, can he not i.e. surely he must have arrived, Amar.)
occasionally without a verb (e. g. mā ṣabdaḥ | मा षब्दः | or ṣabdam | षब्दम् |, do not make a noise, Hariv.; mā nāma rakśiṛaḥ | मा नाम रक्शिऋअः |, may it not be the watchmen, Mṛcch.; mā Bavantam analaḥ pavano vā | मा Bअवन्तम् अनलः पवनो वा |, may not fire or wind harm thee, Vām. v, 1, 14; esp. = not so, e.g. mā prātfda | मा प्रात्फ़्द |, not so, O Pr˚, ŚBr.; in this meaning also mā mā | मा मा |, mā mEvam | मा म्Eवम् |, mā tāvat | मा तावत् |)
in the Veda often with u (mo/ | मो/ |) = and not, nor (e.g. mā/ maṅo/naḥ pa/ri Kyatam mo/ asmā/kam f/śṛām | मा/ मङो/नः प/रि Kयतम् मो/ अस्मा/कम् फ़्/शृआम् |, do not forget the rich lords nor us the poets, RV. v, 65, 6; and then usually followed by śu/ | शु/ | = su/ | सु/ |, e.g. mo śu/ ṛaḥ ni/rftir vaḍīt | मो शु/ ऋअः नि/र्फ़्तिर् वडीत् |, let not N˚ on any account destroy us, i, 38, 6)
in ŚBr. sma mā | स्म मा | — mo/ sma | मो/ स्म | = neither — nor (in a prohibitive sense).
2. mā | मा | cl. 3. P. mi/māti | मि/माति | (accord. to Dhātup. xxv, 6 Ā. mimīte | मिमीते |; SV. mimeti | मिमेति |; Pot. mimīyat | मिमीयत् |, Kāṭh.; pf., mimāya | मिमाय |; aor. a/mīmet | अ/मीमेत् | Subj. mīmayat | मीमयत् |; inf. mā/tavE/ | मा/तव्E/ |), to sound, bellow, roar, bleat (esp. said of cows, calves, goats &c.), RV.; AV.; Br. : Intens., only pr. p. me/myat | मे/म्यत् |, bleating (as a goat), RV. i, 162, 2.
3. mā | मा | cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 54) māti | माति |; cl. 3. Ā. (xxv, 6) mi/mīte | मि/मीते |; cl. 4. Ā. (xxvi, 33) māyate | मायते | (Ved. and ep. also mimāti | मिमाति |, Pot. mimīyāt | मिमीयात् |, Impv., mimīhi | मिमीहि |; Pot. mimet | मिमेत् |, Br.; pf. mamO/ | मम्O/ |, mame | ममे |, mamire/ | ममिरे/ |, RV.; aor. a/māsi | अ/मासि |, Subj. mā/sātE | मा/सात्E |, AV.; amāsīt | अमासीत् | Gr.; Prec. māsīśwa | मासीश्wअ |, meyāt | मेयात् |, ib.; fut. mātā | माता |; māsyati | मास्यति |, māsyate | मास्यते |, ib.; inf. -me/ | -मे/ |, -mE/ | -म्E/ |, RV.; mātum | मातुम् |, Br.; ind.p. mitvā/ | मित्वा/ |, -mā/ya | -मा/य |, RV. &c. &c.), to measure, mete out, mark off, RV. &c. &c.; to measure across = traverse, RV.; to measure (by any standard), compare with (instr.), Kum.; (māti | माति |) to correspond in measure (either with gen., ‘to be large or long enough for’, BhP.; or with loc., ‘to find room or be contained in’, Inscr.; Kāv.; or with na | न | and instr., ‘to be beside one's self with’, Vcar.; Kathās.); to measure out, apportion, grant, RV.; to help any one (acc.) to anything (dat.), ib., i, 120, 9; to prepare, arrange, fashion, form, build, make, RV.; to show, display, exhibit (amimīta | अमिमीत |, ‘he displayed or developed himself’, iii, 29, 11), ib.; (in phil.) to infer, conclude; to pray (yācẏā-karmaṛi | याच्य़ा-कर्मऋइ |), Naigh. iii, 19 : Pass. mīya/te | मीय/ते | (aor. amāyi | अमायि |); to be measured &c., RV.; &c. Caus., māpayati | मापयति |, ˚te | ˚ते | (aor. amīmapat | अमीमपत् |, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93, Vārtt. 2 Pat.), to cause to be measured or built, measure, build, erect, Up.; GṛS.; MBh. &c.: Desid. mitsati | मित्सति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54; 58 (cf. nir-√ mā | निर्-√ मा |) : Intens. memīyate | मेमीयते |, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.
mā | मा | [cf. Zd. mā; Gk. μέτρον, μετρέω; Lat. mētior, mensus, mensura; Slav. měra; Lith. mėrà.]
4. mā | मा | f. See under 4. ma | म |, p. 771, col. 2.