As a deity name
Name 46 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 101 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. ‘the great mothers’, N. of a class of personifications of the Śakti or female energy of Śiva
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahāmātā" is the nominative of "mahāmātṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mahā—mātṛ f. pl. ‘the great mothers’, N. of a class of personifications of the Śakti or female energy of Śiva, RTL. 186
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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