Kiyanmatra, Kiyanmātra, Kiyat-matra: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKiyanmātra (कियन्मात्र).—a trifle, small matter; कियन्मात्रे कृतोऽनेन संरम्भोऽयं कियानिति (kiyanmātre kṛto'nena saṃrambho'yaṃ kiyāniti) Kathāsaritsāgara 65.139.
Derivable forms: kiyanmātraḥ (कियन्मात्रः).
Kiyanmātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kiyat and mātra (मात्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKiyanmātra (कियन्मात्र).—[adjective] of small importance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kiyanmātra (कियन्मात्र):—[=kiyan-mātra] [from kiyan > kiyat] mfn. of little importance, [Pañcatantra]
2) [v.s. ...] n. trifle, small matter, [Kathāsaritsāgara lxv, 139.]
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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: Kiyan, Kiyat, Matra.
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