Matridatta, Mātṛdattā, Mātṛdatta: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Mātṛdattā and Mātṛdatta can be transliterated into English as Matrdatta or Matridatta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Mātṛdattā (मातृदत्ता) is the name of rich merchant from Gokarṇa who offered herself into marriage to king Śrutasena, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 33. Accordingly, “... then a maiden of the name of Mātṛdattā, the daughter of a very rich merchant, intoxicated with the pride of her beauty, came to select that king [Śrutasena] for her husband. Through fear of committing unrighteousness, the king married that merchant’s daughter; then Vidyuddyotā, coming to hear of it, died of a broken heart. And the king came and beheld that dearly loved wife lying dead, and took her up in his arms and, lamenting, died on the spot. Thereupon Mātṛdattā, the merchant’s daughter, entered the fire. And so the whole kingdom perished with the king”.
The story of Mātṛdattā and Śrutasena was narrated to Udayana (king of Vatsa) by Yaugandharāyaṇa in order to demonstrate that “matrons cannot endure the interruption of a deep affection” demonstrated by the anecdote that “chaste women, when their beloved is attached to another, or has gone to heaven, become careless about all enjoyments and determined to die, though their intentions are inscrutable on account of the haughtiness of their character”.
2) Mātṛdatta (मातृदत्त) is the name of a merchant from Śrāvastī mentioned in the “story of king Prasenajit and the Brāhman who lost his treasure” according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 33. Accordingly, “... one day a strange Brāhman arrived in that city [Śrāvastī]. A merchant [Mātṛdatta], thinking he was virtuous because he lived on rice in the husk, provided him a lodging there in the house of a Brāhman.”.
The story of Mātṛdatta was narrated to Yogeśvara by Yaugandharāyaṇa in order to demonstrate that “wisdom is in every exigency the best friend, not valour” thus proving that “intellect always obtains the supremacy, triumphing over valour”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Mātṛdattā, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Mātṛdatta (मातृदत्त) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Mantramālā Hiraṇyakeśisūtravṛtti. He is quoted by Kamalākara, and frequently by Ananta in Saṃskārakaustubha.
2) Mātṛdatta (मातृदत्त):—Hiraṇyakeśiśrautaprayoga.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mātṛdatta (मातृदत्त):—[=mātṛ-datta] [from mātṛ] m. ‘m° given’, Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] of an author, [Catalogue(s)]
3) Mātṛdattā (मातृदत्ता):—[=mātṛ-dattā] [from mātṛ-datta > mātṛ] f. Name of a woman, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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, Datta.
Full-text: Matridattiya, Nirudhapashubandha, Mantramala, Hiranyakeshin, Satyashadha hiranyakeshin, Rudra.
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