mAtra
-mātra (for -mātraṃ, adv. ; m.c. ), in comp. with [Page429-a] preceding gerund, as in Skt. and Pali often with participles: utsṛjya-mātra bhaviyā ( ger. ) navapuṣpadāmāḥ LV 298.9 , as soon as they had thrown (their bodies), having become fresh-flower-garlands, … (or is -mātra for -mātrāḥ, adj. , with same mg. ?). On *mātra, adj. , maternal , see mātrī .