As a deity name
Name 103 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 538 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
एकमात्र
only, sole, single
Śabdasāgara also records: एक ही । केवल एक । अकेला
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From एक (eka, “one”) + मात्र (mātra, “only, mere”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
consisting of one syllabic instant
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "ekamātra" is derived from "eka" with the mātrac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
eka mfn. (√ i, Uṇ. iii, 43, probably fr. a base e; cf. Zd. ae-va; Gk. οἰ-ν-ός, οἶος; Goth. ai-n-s; also Lat. aequu-s; g. sarvādi, Pāṇ. i, 1, 27; see Gr. 200), one (eko'pi, or ekaś-cana, with na preceding or following, no one, nobody; the words ekayā na or ekān na are used before decade numerals to lessen them by one, e.g. ekān na triṃśat, twenty-nine), RV. &c.
(with and without eva) alone, solitary, single, happening only once, that one only (frequently ifc.; cf. dharmaika-rakṣa, &c.), RV. &c.
eka—mātra mfn. consisting of one syllabic instant, APrāt.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
eka—mātra mfn. consisting of one syllabic instant, APrāt.
eka mfn. (√ i, Uṇ. iii, 43, probably fr. a base e; cf. Zd. ae-va; Gk. οἰ-ν-ός, οἶος; Goth. ai-n-s; also Lat. aequu-s; g. sarvādi, Pāṇ. i, 1, 27; see Gr. 200), one (eko'pi, or ekaś-cana, with na preceding or following, no one, nobody; the words ekayā na or ekān na are used before decade numerals to lessen them by one, e.g. ekān na triṃśat, twenty-nine), RV. &c.
(with and without eva) alone, solitary, single, happening only once, that one only (frequently ifc.; cf. dharmaika-rakṣa, &c.), RV. &c.
Alternative readings
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