मातृदेव
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মাতৃদেৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬵᬢᬺᬤᬾᬯ (Balinese script)
- মাতৃদেব (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴𑰟𑰸𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾𑀤𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- မာတၖဒေဝ (Burmese script)
- માતૃદેવ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾਤ੍ਰਦੇਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃𑌦𑍇𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦴꦠꦽꦢꦺꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑃂𑂠𑂵𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಾತೃದೇವ (Kannada script)
- មាត្ឫទេវ (Khmer script)
- ມາຕ຺ຣິເທວ (Lao script)
- മാതൃദേവ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳᡩᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵𑘟𑘹𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢᢑᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖𑦿𑧚𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺𑐡𑐾𑐰 (Newa script)
- ମାତୃଦେଵ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢵꢡꢺꢣꢾꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸𑆢𑆼𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴𑖟𑖸𑖪 (Siddham script)
- මාතෘදෙව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩙𑩭𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚛𑚲𑚦 (Takri script)
- மாத்ரிதே³வ (Tamil script)
- మాతృదేవ (Telugu script)
- มาตฺฤเทว (Thai script)
- མཱ་ཏྲྀ་དེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵𑒠𑒹𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉𑨛𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Compound of मातृ (mā́tṛ or mātṛ́, “mother”) + देव (devá, “deva”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मातृदेव • (mātṛdeva) stem, m
- someone who treats a mother as equivalent to a deva; someone for whom a mother should be honoured, respected, adored, and served as a god
- c. 600 BCE, Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.11.2:
- मातृदेवो भव । पितृदेवो भव । आचार्यदेवो भव । अतिथिदेवो भव । यान्यनवद्यानि कर्माणि तानि सेवितव्यानि । नो इतराणि। यान्यस्माकं सुचरितानि तानि त्वयोपास्यानि । नो इतराणि ॥
- mātṛdevo bhava. pitṛdevo bhava. ācāryadevo bhava. atithidevo bhava. yānyanavadyāni karmāṇi tāni sevitavyāni. no itarāṇi. yānyasmākaṃ sucaritāni tāni tvayopāsyāni. no itarāṇi.
- Be a mātṛdeva. Be a pitṛdeva. Be an ācāryadeva. Be an atithideva. Nothing but faultless deeds are to be practised. Nothing but good conduct and virtuous actions are to be worshipped and honoured by you.
- मातृदेवो भव । पितृदेवो भव । आचार्यदेवो भव । अतिथिदेवो भव । यान्यनवद्यानि कर्माणि तानि सेवितव्यानि । नो इतराणि। यान्यस्माकं सुचरितानि तानि त्वयोपास्यानि । नो इतराणि ॥
Declension
[edit]| Masculine a-stem declension of मातृदेव (mātṛdeva) | |||
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| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मातृदेवः mātṛdevaḥ |
मातृदेवौ / मातृदेवा¹ mātṛdevau / mātṛdevā¹ |
मातृदेवाः / मातृदेवासः¹ mātṛdevāḥ / mātṛdevāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मातृदेव mātṛdeva |
मातृदेवौ / मातृदेवा¹ mātṛdevau / mātṛdevā¹ |
मातृदेवाः / मातृदेवासः¹ mātṛdevāḥ / mātṛdevāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मातृदेवम् mātṛdevam |
मातृदेवौ / मातृदेवा¹ mātṛdevau / mātṛdevā¹ |
मातृदेवान् mātṛdevān |
| Instrumental | मातृदेवेन mātṛdevena |
मातृदेवाभ्याम् mātṛdevābhyām |
मातृदेवैः / मातृदेवेभिः¹ mātṛdevaiḥ / mātṛdevebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मातृदेवाय mātṛdevāya |
मातृदेवाभ्याम् mātṛdevābhyām |
मातृदेवेभ्यः mātṛdevebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मातृदेवात् mātṛdevāt |
मातृदेवाभ्याम् mātṛdevābhyām |
मातृदेवेभ्यः mātṛdevebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मातृदेवस्य mātṛdevasya |
मातृदेवयोः mātṛdevayoḥ |
मातृदेवानाम् mātṛdevānām |
| Locative | मातृदेवे mātṛdeve |
मातृदेवयोः mātṛdevayoḥ |
मातृदेवेषु mātṛdeveṣu |
| Notes |
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References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “मातृदेव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 802.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मातृ-देव”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1258