2. mA cl. 3. P. mi/mAti ( accord. to Dhātup. xxv, 6 Ā. mimIte ; SV. mimeti ; Pot. mimIyat , Kāṭh. ; pf. , mimAya ; aor. a/mImet Subj. mImayat ; inf. mA/tavE/ ), to sound, bellow, roar, bleat ( esp. said of cows, calves, goats &c.), RV. ; AV. ; Br. : Intens. , only pr. p. me/myat , bleating (as a goat), RV. i, 162, 2.
3. mA cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 54 ) mAti ; cl. 3. Ā. ( xxv, 6 ) mi/mIte ; cl. 4. Ā. ( xxvi, 33 ) mAyate ( Ved. and ep. also mimAti , Pot. mimIyAt , Impv. , mimIhi ; Pot. mimet , Br. ; pf. mamO/ , mame , mamire/ , RV. ; aor. a/mAsi , Subj. mA/sAtE , AV. ; amAsIt Gr. ; Prec. mAsIzwa , meyAt , ib. ; fut. mAtA ; mAsyati , mAsyate , ib. ; inf. -me/ , -mE/ , RV. ; mAtum , Br. ; ind.p. mitvA/ , -mA/ya , RV. &c. &c.), to measure, mete out, mark off, RV. &c. &c.; to measure across = traverse, RV. ; to measure (by any standard), compare with ( instr. ), Kum. ; ( mAti ) to correspond in measure (either with gen. , ‘to be large or long enough for’, BhP. ; or with loc. , ‘to find room or be contained in’, Inscr. ; Kāv. ; or with na and instr. , ‘to be beside one's self with’, Vcar. ; Kathās. ); to measure out, apportion, grant, RV. ; to help any one ( acc. ) to anything ( dat. ), ib. , i, 120, 9 ; to prepare, arrange, fashion, form, build, make, RV. ; to show, display, exhibit ( amimIta , ‘he displayed or developed himself’, iii, 29, 11 ), ib. ; (in phil. ) to infer, conclude; to pray ( yAcYA-karmaRi ), Naigh. iii, 19 : Pass. mIya/te ( aor. amAyi ); to be measured &c., RV. ; &c. Caus. , mApayati , °te ( aor. amImapat , Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93 , Vārtt. 2 Pat. ), to cause to be measured or built, measure, build, erect, Up. ; GṛS. ; MBh. &c.: Desid. mitsati , °te , Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54 ; 58 ( cf. nir-√ mA ) : Intens. memIyate , Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.
1 mA ind. A particle of prohibition (rarely of negation) usually joined with the Imperative; madvARi mA kuru vizAdamanAdareRa Bv. 4. 41 ; also ( a ) with the Aorist, when the augment a is dropped; pApe ratiM mA kfTAH Bh. 2. 77 ; mA mUmuhat Kalu BavaMtamananyajanmA mA te malImasavikAraGanA matirBUt Māl. 1. 32 ; the a is sometimes retained; mA nizAda pratizWAM tvamagamaH SASvatIH samAH Rām. ( b ) the Imperfect (the augment being dropped here also); mA cEnamaBiBAzaTaH Rāma; ( c ) the Future, or Potential mood, in the sense of ‘lest,’ ‘that not’; laGu etAM paritrAyasva mA kasyApi tapasvino haste patizyati Ś. 2 ; mA kaScinmamApyanarTo Baveta ( pb ) Pt. 5 ; mA nAma devyAH kimapyanizwamutpannaM Bavet K. 307 ; the Imperative mood also is sometimes used for the Potential; tvaratAmAryaputra etAM samASva sayituM mAsyA vikAro varDatAM M. 4. ( d ) the Present Participle when a curse is implied; mA jIvanyaH parAvajYAduHKadagDopi jIvati Śi. 2. 45 ; or ( e ) with potential passive participles; mEvaM prArTyam . mA is sometimes used without any verb; mA tAvat ‘oh ! do not (say or do) so’; mA mEvaM; mA nAma rakziRaH Mk. 3. ‘may it not be the police’; see under nAma . Sometimes mA is followed by sma and is used with the Aorist or Imperfect with the augment dropped, and rarely with the potential mood; klEbyaM mA sma gamaH pArTa Bg. 2. 3 ; mA sma pratIpaM gamaH Ś. 4. 17 ; mAsma sImaMtinI kAcijjanayet putramIdfSam . Comp. — ciraM, -vilaMbaM, -vilaMbitaM ind. without delay, shortly, quickly.
2 mA 1 The goddess of wealth, Lakṣmī; tamAKupatraM rAjeMdra Baja mAjYAnadAyakaM Subhāṣ. 2 A mother. 3 A measure. Comp. — paH, -patiH epithets of Viṣṇu.
3 mA 2 P. , 3 4 A. ( mAti, mimIte or mIyate, mita ) 1 To measure; nyaDita mimAna ivAvaniM padAni Śi. 7. 13 ; 9. 2. 2 To measure or mark off, limit; see mita . 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; tanO mamustatra na kEwaBadvizastapoDanAByAgamasaMBavA mudaH Śi. 1. 23 ; vfdDiM gatepyAtmani nEva mAMtIH 3. 73 ; 10. 50 ; 14. 75 , 13. 2 , 5. 44 ; mAti mAtumaSakyo'pi yaSorASiryadatra te 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. ( mApayati-te ) To cause to be measured, measure or mete out; etena mApayati Bittizu karmamArgaM Mk. 3. 16. — Desid. ( mitsati-te ) To wish to measure &c.