मातुलेय मातृक

मातृ

मातृ f. [मान् पूजायां तृच् नलोपः Uṇ. 2. 94]
1 A mother; मातृवत्परदारेषु या पश्यति स पश्यति; सहस्रं तु पितॄन् मातः गौर वेणातिरिच्यते Subhāsh.
2 Mother as a term of respect or endearment; मातर्लक्ष्मि भजस्व कंचिदपरं Bh. 3. 64, 87; अयि मातर्देवयजनसंभवे देवि सीते U. 4
3 A cow.
4 An epithet of Lakshmī.
5 An epithet of Durgā.
6 Ether, sky.
7 The earth.
8 A divine mother; मातृभ्यो बलिमुपहर Mk. 1.
9 An epithet of Revatī.
10 N. of several plants आखुकर्णी, इंद्रवारुणी and जटामांसी &c. −pl.
1 An epithet of the divine mothers, said to attend on Śiva, but usually on Skanda. (They are usually said to be 8; ब्र ह्मी माहेश्व- री चंडी वाराही वैष्णवी तथा । कौमारी चैव चा- मुंडाचर्चिंकेत्यष्ट मातरः ॥ or, according to some, only seven; ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी चैव कौमारी वैष्णवी तथा । माहेंद्री चैव वाराही चामुं- डा-सप्त मातरः ॥ Some increase the umber to sixteen.
2 N. of eight classes of female ancestors or Manes. −m.
1 A measurer.
2 Ved. A maker, buil der, creator.
3 A knower, one having true knowledge.
4 Life, or soul (जीव) [cf. L. Mater.]
−Comp.
−के- शटः a maternal uncle.
−गणः the collection of the divine mothers.
−गंधिनी an unnatural mother. −गो- मिन् m. one who has committed incest with his mother. −गो- त्रं a mother's family.
−ग्रामः the female sex, womankind. −घातः, −घा- तकः, −घातिन् m,
−घ्नः a matricide
−घातुकः 1. a matricide. −2. an epithet of Indra.
−चक्रं the group of divine mothers.
−देव a. having a mother for one's god, adoring mother like a god.
−नंदनः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
−पक्ष a. belonging to the mother's side or line. (
−क्षः) maternal kinsmen.
−पितृ m (dual) (forming मातापितरौ or मातरपितरौ) parents. −पुत्रौ (मातापुत्रौ) a mother and son.
−पूजनं worship of the divine mothers −बंधुः, −बांधवः a maternal kinsman; R. 12. 12. (−pl.) a class of relatives on the mother's side; they are thus specified: −मातुः पितुः स्वसुः पुत्रा मातुर्मातुः स्व- सुः सुताः । मातुर्मातुलपुत्राश्च विज्ञेया मातृबंधवः ॥
−भोगीण a. fit to be enjoyed or possessed by a mother.
−मंडलं the collection of the divine mothers.
−मातृ f. an epithet of Pārvatī. −मुखः, −शासितः a foolish fellow. simpleton.
−यज्ञः a sacrifice offered to the divine mothers.
−वत्सलः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
−स्वसृ f. (मातृष्वसृ or मातुःस्वसृ) a mother's sister, a maternal aunt.
−स्वसेयः (मातृष्वसेयः) a mother's sister's son. (
−यी) the daughter of a maternal aunt so मातृष्वस्रीयः −या.

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