महामात्रे mahāmātre
4 syllables SLP1 mahAmAtre

As a deity name

Name 301 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages

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

a man of high rank, high official, prime minister, &c.

Scripturally attested

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "mahāmātre" is the locative of "mahāmātra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M1 · same meaning "mahāmātre" is the dative of "mahāmātṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M3 · meaning shifts "mahāmātra" is derived from "mahā" with the mātrac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.

the base — महा

mahā (ā), f. a cow, L.

Ichnocarpus Frutescens, L.

your form — महामात्रे

mahā—mātra mfn. great in measure, gr˚, the greatest, best, most excellent of (comp.), MBh.; R.

mahā—mātra m. a man of high rank, high official, prime minister, ib. &c.

Related forms

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · महामात्र (linked stem)

mahā—mātra mfn. great in measure, gr˚, the greatest, best, most excellent of (comp.), MBh.; R.

Monier-Williams (1899) · महामात्र (linked stem)

mahā—mātra m. a man of high rank, high official, prime minister, ib. &c.

Monier-Williams (1899) · महामातृ (linked stem)

mahā—mātṛ f. pl. ‘the great mothers’, N. of a class of personifications of the Śakti or female energy of Śiva, RTL. 186

Monier-Williams (1899) · महा (linked stem)

mahā (ā), f. a cow, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · महा (linked stem)

Ichnocarpus Frutescens, L.

Caveats

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