mAtf f. [ mAn pUjAyAM tfc nalopaH Uṇ. 2. 94 ] 1 A mother; mAtfvatparadArezu yA paSyati sa paSyati; sahasraM tu pitFn mAtaH gOra veRAtiricyate Subhāṣ. 2 Mother as a term of respect or endearment; mAtarlakzmi Bajasva kaMcidaparaM Bh. 3. 64 , 87 ; ayi mAtardevayajanasaMBave devi sIte U. 4 3 A cow. 4 An epithet of Lakṣmī. 5 An epithet of Durgā. 6 Ether, sky. 7 The earth. 8 A divine mother; mAtfByo balimupahara Mk. 1. 9 An epithet of Revatī. 10 N. of several plants AKukarRI , iMdravAruRI and jawAmAMsI &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; bra hmI mAheSvarI caMqI vArAhI vEzRavI taTA . kOmArI cEva cAmuMqAcarciMketyazwa mAtaraH .. or, according to some, only seven; brAhmI mAheSvarI cEva kOmArI vEzRavI taTA . mAheMdrI cEva vArAhI cAmuMqA-sapta mAtaraH .. Some increase the umber to sixteen. 2 N. of eight ( pb ) classes of female ancestors or Manes. — m. 1 A measurer. 2 Ved. A maker, builder, creator. 3 A knower, one having true knowledge. 4 Life, or soul ( jIva ) [ cf. L. Mater .] Comp. — keSawaH a maternal uncle. — gaRaH the collection of the divine mothers. — gaMDinI an unnatural mother. — gomin m. one who has committed incest with his mother. — gotraM a mother's family. — grAmaH the female sex, womankind. — GAtaH , — GAtakaH, -GAtin m. — GnaH a matricide — GAtukaH 1 a matricide. 2 an epithet of Indra. — cakraM the group of divine mothers. — deva a. having a mother for one's god, adoring mother like a god. — naMdanaH an epithet of Kārtikeya. — pakza a. belonging to the mother's side or line. — (kzaH) maternal kinsmen. — pitf m. (dual) (forming mAtApitarO or mAtarapitarO ) parents. — putrO ( mAtAputrO ) a mother and son. — pUjanaM worship of the divine mothers — baMDuH, -bAMDavaH a maternal kinsman; R. 12. 12. (- pl. ) a class of relatives on the mother's side; they are thus specified: - mAtuH pituH svasuH putrA mAturmAtuH svasuH sutAH . mAturmAtulaputrASca vijYeyA mAtfbaMDavaH .. — BogIRa a. fit to be enjoyed or possessed by a mother. — maMqalaM the collection of the divine mothers. — mAtf f. an epithet of Pārvatī. — muKaH, -SAsitaH a foolish fellow. simpleton. — yajYaH a sacrifice offered to the divine mothers. — vatsalaH an epithet of Kārtikeya. — svasf f. ( mAtfzvasf or mAtuHsvasf ) a mother's sister, a maternal aunt. — svaseyaH ( mAtfzvaseyaH ) a mother's sister's son. — (yI) the daughter of a maternal aunt so mAtfzvasrIyaH -yA .