Matrasparsha, Mātrāsparśa, Matra-sparsha: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Mātrāsparśa can be transliterated into English as Matrasparsa or Matrasparsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mātrāsparśa (मात्रास्पर्श).—material contact, contact with material elements; मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः (mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.14; Bhāgavata 1.6.35.

Derivable forms: mātrāsparśaḥ (मात्रास्पर्शः).

Mātrāsparśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mātrā and sparśa (स्पर्श).

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

Mātrāsparśa (मात्रास्पर्श):—[=mātrā-sparśa] [from mātrā > mā] m. material contact, the concurrence of material elements, [Bhagavad-gītā]

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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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