mAtfka a. 1 Coming or inherited from a mother; mAtfkaM ca DanurUrjitaM daDat R. 11. 64 , 90. 2 Maternal. — kaH A maternal uncle. — kA 1 A mother. 2 A grand-mother. 3 A nurse. 4 A source, origin. 5 A divine mother. 6 N of certain diagrams written in characters supposed to have a magical power. 7 The character or alphabet so used ( pl. ).