mātf | मात्फ़् | mAtf
1. mā/tf | मा/त्फ़् | m. (for 2. mātf/ | मात्फ़्/ | 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 māqava | माक़व |?)
of an author, Bṛh.
2. mātf/ | मात्फ़्/ | f. (derivation from √ 3. mā | मा | very doubtful; for 1. mā/tf | मा/त्फ़् | See p. 804, col. 2) a mother, any mother (applicable to animals), RV. &c. &c. (sometimes ifc., e.g. kuntī-m˚ | कुन्ती-म्˚ |, having K˚ for a mother)
du. father and mother, parents, RV. iii, 3, 33; vii, 2, 5 (also māta/rā-pita/rā | मात/रा-पित/रा |, iv, 6, 7, and pita/rā-māta/rā | पित/रा-मात/रा |, Pāṇ. vi, 3, 33; cf. mātarapitarO | मातरपितर्O |, col. 2)
the earth (du. heaven and earth), RV.
(with or scil. lokasya | लोकस्य |), a cow, MBh.
(du. and pl.) the two pieces of wood used in kindling fire, RV. (cf. dvi-m˚ | द्वि-म्˚ |)
(pl.) the waters, RV. (cf. saptam˚ | सप्तम्˚ | 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 | लोकानाम् मातरः |), 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
= viBūti | विBऊति |
= -revatī | -रेवती |
mātf | मात्फ़् | [cf. Gk., μάτηρ, μήτηρ; Lat. mater; Lith. motė́; Slav. mati; Germ. muotar, Mutter; Eng. mother.]
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 māqava | माक़व |?)
of an author, Bṛh.
2. mātf/ | मात्फ़्/ | f. (derivation from √ 3. mā | मा | very doubtful; for 1. mā/tf | मा/त्फ़् | See p. 804, col. 2) a mother, any mother (applicable to animals), RV. &c. &c. (sometimes ifc., e.g. kuntī-m˚ | कुन्ती-म्˚ |, having K˚ for a mother)
du. father and mother, parents, RV. iii, 3, 33; vii, 2, 5 (also māta/rā-pita/rā | मात/रा-पित/रा |, iv, 6, 7, and pita/rā-māta/rā | पित/रा-मात/रा |, Pāṇ. vi, 3, 33; cf. mātarapitarO | मातरपितर्O |, col. 2)
the earth (du. heaven and earth), RV.
(with or scil. lokasya | लोकस्य |), a cow, MBh.
(du. and pl.) the two pieces of wood used in kindling fire, RV. (cf. dvi-m˚ | द्वि-म्˚ |)
(pl.) the waters, RV. (cf. saptam˚ | सप्तम्˚ | 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 | लोकानाम् मातरः |), 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
= viBūti | विBऊति |
= -revatī | -रेवती |
mātf | मात्फ़् | [cf. Gk., μάτηρ, μήτηρ; Lat. mater; Lith. motė́; Slav. mati; Germ. muotar, Mutter; Eng. mother.]