मा 1 The goddess of wealth, Lakṣmī; तमाखुपत्रं राजेंद्र भज माज्ञा- नदायकं Subhāsh.
2 A mother.
3 A measure.
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−पः, −पतिः epithets of Viṣṇu.
मा 2 P., 3. 4. A. (माति, मिमीते or मीयते, मित)
1 To measure; न्यधित मिमान इवावनिं पदानि Śi. 7. 13; 9. 2.
2 To measure or mark off, limit; see मित.
3 To compare with (in size), measure by any standard; Ku. 5. 15.
4 To be in, find room or space in, be contained or comprised in; तनौ ममुस्तत्र न कैटभद्वि- षस्तपोधनाभ्यागमसंभवा मुदः Śi. 1. 23; वृद्धिं गतेप्यात्मनि नैव मांतीः 3. 73; 10. 50; 14. 75, 13. 2, 5. 44; माति मातु- मशक्योऽपि यशोराशिर्यदत्र ते K. P. 10.
5 To prepare, arrange.
6 To infer, conclude.
7 To form, make, build, construct.
8 To assign, mete out, apportion.
9 To show, display.
10 To roar, sound. −Caus. (मापयति-ते) To cause to be measured, measure or mete out; एतेन मापयति भित्तिषु कर्म- मार्गं Mk. 3. 16. −Desid. (मित्सति-ते) To wish to measure &c.
मा ind. A particle of prohibition (rarely of negation) usually joined with the Imperative; मद्वाणि मा कुरु विषादमनादरेण Bv. 4. 41; also (a) with the Aorist, when the augment अ is dropped; पापे रतिं मा कृथाः Bh. 2. 77; मा मूमुहत् खलु भवं- तमनन्यजन्मा मा ते मलीमसविकारघना मतिर्भूत् Māl. 1. 32; the अ is sometimes retained; मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः Rām. (b) the Imperfect (the augment being dropped here also); मा चैनमभिभा- षथः Rāma; (c) the Future, or Potential mood, in the sense of ‘lest,’ ‘that not’; लघु एतां परित्रा- यस्व मा कस्यापि तपस्विनो हस्ते पतिष्य- ति Ś. 2; मा कश्चिन्ममाप्यनर्थो भवेत Pt. 5; मा नाम देव्याः किमप्यनिष्टमुत्प- न्नं भवेत् K. 307; the Imperative mood also is sometimes used for the Potential; त्वरतामार्यपुत्र एतां स- माश्व सयितुं मास्या विकारो वर्धतां M. 4. (d) the Present Participle when a curse is implied; मा जीवन्यः परा- वज्ञादुःखदग्धोपि जीवति Śi. 2. 45; or (e) with potential passive participles; मैवं प्रार्थ्यम्. मा is sometimes used without any verb; मा तावत् ‘oh ! do not (say or do) so’; मा मैवं; मा नाम रक्षिणः Mk. 3. ‘may it not be the police’; see under नाम. Sometimes मा is followed by स्म and is used with the Aorist or Imperfect with the augment dropped, and rarely with the potential mood; क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ Bg. 2. 3; मा स्म प्रतीपं गमः Ś. 4. 17; मास्म सीमंति- नी काचिज्जनयेत् पुत्रमीदृशम्.
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−चिरं, −विलंबं, −विलंबितं ind. without delay, shortly, quickly.