As a deity name
Name 767 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by 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
mātā-duhitṛ &c. See col. 3.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mātāyai" is the dative of "mātā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mātāyai" is the dative of "māta" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "mātā" is derived from "mā" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
mā f. a mother, L.
measure, L.
1. 2. mātā , mātā-duhitṛ &c. See col. 3.
1. mātā f. = mātṛ (see kāka- and viśva-m˚).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. 2. mātā , mātā-duhitṛ &c. See col. 3.
1. mātā f. = mātṛ (see kāka- and viśva-m˚).
1. māta mfn. (for 2. and 3. See pp. 806 and 807) formed, made, composed (?), RV. v, 45, 6 (others, ‘fr. √ man’, others, ‘mātā, mother’; cf. deva-māta).
2. māta m. (for 1. See p. 804, col. 2; for 3. under 2. mātṛ, p. 807, col. 2) metron. fr. mati
mā f. a mother, L.
measure, L.
Caveats
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