The Sanskrit term Mātāpitṛ can be transliterated into English as Matapitr or Matapitri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Mātāpitṛ (मातापितृ) refers to “father and mother”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “[...] By means of the wind (vāta) of deceptive concepts (mṛṣāvikalpa) and wrong thoughts, the father and mother (mātāpitṛ) blow upon the fire (agni) of sexual desire (rāga); blood (rudhira), marrow (majjan) and fat (vasā) escape, get hot and are changed into sperm. The seed-consciousness (vijñānabīja) conditioned by previous actions (pūrvakarman) settles in the blood (śoṇita) and whitish sperm (śukra). That is what is called the seed of the body (kāyabīja). [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mātāpitṛ (मातापितृ).—(dual) Mother and father, parents; मातापितृविहीनो यस्त्यक्तो वा स्यादकारणात् (mātāpitṛvihīno yastyakto vā syādakāraṇāt) Manusmṛti 9.177.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Mātāpitṛ (मातापितृ).—sg. or pl. (not otherwise noted in this sense), family, relatives, ‘home-folks’: (a king has granted a wish to a courtesan, his concubine; she replies) Mahāvastu i.348.16—17 mahārāja yāvatā khu mātāpitaraṃ āpṛcchāmi tato devasya sakāśāto varaṃ yācayiṣyāmi. tāye mātāpitṝ- ṇāṃ ārocitam. (18—349.1) tehi dāni yaṃ mataṃ so taṃ jalpati…tahiṃ aparā parivrājikā (2) paṇḍitā…sā āha: Jenti, tvaṃ vailāsikāye dhītā…It is obvious that a plurality of persons is meant here, and certainly not the ‘mother and father’ of Jentī. On this basis I think it likely that in Lalitavistara 279.11 mātāpitṛsaṃjñino means regarding (each other) as members of the same family: (sarvasattvāś ca tasmin samaye maitracittā hitacittāḥ) parasparaṃ mātā° ‘bhūvan. Cf. next.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mātāpitṛ (मातापितृ).—m. Du. (-tarau) Mother and father. E. mātā from mātṛ a mother, and pitṛ a father.

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

Mātāpitṛ (मातापितृ).—[mātā-pitṛ] (mātā, nom. sing. of mātṛ), m. du. Mother and father, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 157.

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

Mātāpitṛ (मातापितृ).—[masculine] [dual] father and mother.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mātāpitṛ (मातापितृ):—[=mātā-pitṛ] [from mātā > mātṛ] m. du. ([Pāṇini 6-3, 25 [Scholiast or Commentator]]) mother and father, parents, [???; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc. ([plural] māta-pitarah, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā])

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

Mātāpitṛ (मातापितृ):—[mātā-pitṛ] (tarau) 4. m. du. Mother and father, or father and mother.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mata, Pitri.

Starts with: Matapitrighataka, Matapitrijna, Matapitrika, Matapitrisahasra, Matapitrisamjnin, Matapitrivihina.

Full-text: Matapitrisamjnin, Matapitrighataka, Matapitrisahasra, Matapitrivihina, Mata-pitri-pad-anudhyata, Kayavardhana, Matapitarem, Anushkrita, Kadatra, Matapitar, Mrishavikalpa, Rudhira, Vikalpa, Shukra, Majjan, Purvakarma, Samangin.

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