mAtrA 1 A measure; see mAtraM 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: sureMdramAtrASritagOravatvAt R. 3. 11. 8 A small portion, a little, trifle, a little quantity, a small measure only, see mAtra (3). 9 Account, consideration; rAjeti kiyatI mAtrA Pt. 1. 40 ‘of what account or consideration is a king’, i. e. I hold him of no account; kAyasTa iti laGvI mAtrA Mu. 1. 10 Money, wealth; property. SUnyamaWikAyAM mAtrAH samavatArya Dk. ; naktadinaM kakzAMtarAttAM mAtrAM na muMcati Pt. 1 ; kaTamasyArTamAtrA hartavyA ibid. 11 ( pb ) (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 upper 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 ( iMdriyavftti ). Comp. — arvaM half of a prosodial instant. — cyutakaM a kind of artificial composition, getting out another meaning by the omission of a Mātrā; e. g. mUlasyitipaDaH kurvan pAtrErjazwo gatAkzarEH . viwasevyaH kulInasya tizWataH paTikasya saH .. (where the omission of the Mātrā in viwa makes the sense applicable to a vawa ). — CaMdas, -vfttaM a metre regulated by the number of prosodial instants it contains, e. g. the Āryā. — BastrA a money-bag. — vastiH an oily clyster. — saMgaH attachment to or regard for household possessions or property; Ms. 6. 57. — samakaH N. of a class of metres, see App. 1 — spaMrSaH material contact, contact with material elements; Bg. 2. 14.