Matrivadha, Matri-vadha, Mātṛvadha: 7 definitions
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Matrivadha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Mātṛvadha can be transliterated into English as Matrvadha or Matrivadha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsMātṛvadha (मातृवध, “matricide”) is mentioned as a very grave crime in the Kauṣītaki-upaniṣad (III.1), but as one that can be expiated by the knowledge of the truth.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaMātṛvadha (मातृवध, “matricide”) or refers to one of the “five (things) having immediate consequence” (pañcānantarya) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 60). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., mātṛ-vadha). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymātṛvadha (मातृवध).—m (S) mātṛhatyā f (S) Matricide.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMātṛvadha (मातृवध).—the murder of a mother (with Buddhists one of the five unpardonable sins.)
Derivable forms: mātṛvadhaḥ (मातृवधः).
Mātṛvadha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mātṛ and vadha (वध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMātṛvadha (मातृवध):—[=mātṛ-vadha] [from mātṛ] m. the murder of a mother, [Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad] (with Buddhists one of the 5 unpardonable sins, [Dharmasaṃgraha 60]).
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Matri, Vadha.
Full-text: Pancanantarya, Anantarya, Vadha.
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