As a deity name
Name 585 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 609 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 292 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 925 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
measure (of any kind), quantity, size, duration, number, degree &c., &c. &c. (bhūyasyā mātrayā, in a higher degree, )
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member mAt unglossed)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mātre" is the nominative dual of "mātrā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mātre" is the locative of "mātra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mātre" is the dative of "mātṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "mātrā" is derived from "mā" with the trā suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
mā f. a mother, L.
measure, L.
mātrā f. See s.v.
mātrā f. measure (of any kind), quantity, size, duration, number, degree &c., RV. &c. &c. (bhūyasyā mātrayā, in a higher degree, Lalit.)
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mātrā f. See s.v.
mātrā f. measure (of any kind), quantity, size, duration, number, degree &c., RV. &c. &c. (bhūyasyā mātrayā, in a higher degree, Lalit.)
mātra m. a Brāhman of the lowest order i.e. only by birth, Hcat.
mātra n. an element, elementary matter, BhP.
1. mātṛ m. (for 2. mātṛ f. See p. 807, col. 1) a measurer,Nir. xi, 5
one who measures across or traverses, RV. viii, 41, 4 (cf. 10)
mā f. a mother, L.
measure, L.
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