मात्र मात्रिका

मात्रा

मात्रा 1 A measure; see मात्रं above.
2 A standard of measure, standard, rule.
3 The correct measure.
4 A unit of measure, a foot.
5 A moment.
6 A particle, an atom.
7 A part, portion: सुरेंद्रमात्राश्रितगौरवत्वात् R. 3. 11.
8 A small portion, a little, trifle, a little quantity, a small measure only, see मात्र (3).
9 Account, consideration; राजेति कियती मात्रा Pt. 1. 40 ‘of what account or consideration is a king’, i. e. I hold him of no account; कायस्थ इति लघ्वी मात्रा Mu. 1.
10 Money, wealth; property. शून्यमठिकायां मात्राः समवतार्य Dk.; न- क्तदिनं कक्षांतरात्तां मात्रां न मुंचति Pt. 1; कथमस्यार्थमात्रा हर्तव्या ibid.
11 (In prosody) A prosodial or syllabic instant, the time required to pronounce a short vowel.
12 An element.
13 The material world, matter.
14 The aupper part of the Nāgarī characters.
15 An ear-ring.
16 An ornament; a jewel.
17 A measure of time (in music).
18 Function of the organs (इंद्रियवृत्ति).
−Comp.
−अर्वं half of a prosodial instant.
−च्युतकं a kind of artificial composition, getting out another meaning by the omission of a Mātrā; e. g. मूलस्यितिपधः कुर्वन् पात्रैर्जष्टो गताक्षरैः । विटसेव्यः कुलीनस्य तिष्ठतः पथिक- स्य सः ॥ (where the omission of the Mātrā in विट makes the sense applicable to a वट). −छंदस्, −वृत्तं a metre regulated by the number of prosodial instants it contains, e. g. the Āryā.
−भस्त्रा a money-bag.
−वस्तिः an oily clyster.
−संगः attachment to or regard for household possessions or property; Ms. 6. 57.
−समकः N. of a class of metres, see App. 1.
−स्पंर्शः material contact, contact with material elements; Bg. 2. 14.

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