Alternative spellings of this word include Matrachyutaka.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mātrācyutaka (मात्राच्युतक).—a kind of artificial composition, getting out another meaning by the omission of a Mātrā; e. g. मूलस्थितिमधः कुर्वन् पात्रैर्जुष्टो गताक्षरैः । विटसेव्यः कुलीनस्य तिष्ठतः पथिकस्य सः (mūlasthitimadhaḥ kurvan pātrairjuṣṭo gatākṣaraiḥ | viṭasevyaḥ kulīnasya tiṣṭhataḥ pathikasya saḥ) || (where the omission of the Mātrā in viṭa makes the sense applicable to a vaṭa).

Derivable forms: mātrācyutakam (मात्राच्युतकम्).

Mātrācyutaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mātrā and cyutaka (च्युतक).

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

Mātrācyutaka (मात्राच्युतक):—[=mātrā-cyutaka] [from mātrā > mā] ([probably]) n. ‘dropping of morae,’ Name of a game (in which the dropped morae are to be supplied), [Kādambarī]

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Matracyutaka in German

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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: Cyutaka, Matra.

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

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