The Sanskrit terms Darśanamātra and Darśanamātṛ can be transliterated into English as Darsanamatra or Darshanamatra or Darsanamatr or Darshanamatri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Darśanamātṛ (दर्शनमातृ) refers to the “Mother of (all) the systems”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “(Kaula’s) will is the energy (śakti) that has come forth (from it) and is Kaulinī whose form is the sprout (of creation). She is the goddess Parā, the (female) Neuter who is the Mother of (all) the systems (darśanamātṛ—darśanānāṃ ca mātā). She is the (ultimate) end of the path of liberation. She is (also) the supreme aggregate (of energies), which is (the condition) without (any ultimate) end (and is binding)”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Darśanamātra (दर्शनमात्र).—n. seeing only, [Pañcatantra] 128, 21. Dhyāta (vb. dhyai)-, n. only thought of, immediately after having been thought of, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 5, 45.

Darśanamātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms darśana and mātra (मात्र).

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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: Darshana, Matri, Matra.

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