Matrajnata, Mātrajñatā: 1 definition

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

Mātrajñatā (मात्रज्ञता).—(mātrajña-tā) (also written °jñā-tā, which it seems must be an error, tho it occurs repeatedly in mss.; once mātraṃj°, § 2.76; abstr. from prec., = Pali mattaññutā), moderation (in eating): Mahāvastu iii.265.11 (v.l. mātṛjñātā); Śikṣāsamuccaya 144.2; Udānavarga xxxii.27 (32); bhojana-mātraṃjñātā Lalitavistara 430.3—4 (prose), so Lefm., v.l. -mātrajñ°, but apparently all mss. °jñātā; compare under a-mātr°.

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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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