Matribandhu, Mātṛbandhu, Matri-bandhu: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mātṛbandhu can be transliterated into English as Matrbandhu or Matribandhu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationMātṛbandhu (मातृबन्धु) refers to “(one’s) mother and kinsmen”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.4 (“Search for Kārttikeya and his conversation with Nandin”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “On hearing the words of Śiva and after consulting one another they replied one by one. They were so afraid of the great lord. [...] [The wives of the gods said]:—Let her who has concealed your semen be deprived of mother and kinsmen (mātṛbandhu-vihīnā) and incur the sin of those base women who hate their husband and carry on an affair with another man. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymātṛbandhu (मातृबंधु).—m (S) A common term for a male cousin or kinsman on the mother's side.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMātṛbandhu (मातृबन्धु).—a maternal kinsman; मातृबन्धुनिवासिनं भरतम् (mātṛbandhunivāsinaṃ bharatam) R.12.12. (-pl.) a class of relatives on the mother's side; they are thus specified:-मातुः पितुः स्वसुः पुत्रा मातुर्मातुः स्वसुः सुताः । मातुर्मातुलपुत्राश्च विज्ञेया मातृबन्धवः (mātuḥ pituḥ svasuḥ putrā māturmātuḥ svasuḥ sutāḥ | māturmātulaputrāśca vijñeyā mātṛbandhavaḥ) ||
Derivable forms: mātṛbandhuḥ (मातृबन्धुः).
Mātṛbandhu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mātṛ and bandhu (बन्धु). See also (synonyms): mātṛbāndhava.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMātṛbandhu (मातृबन्धु).—m.
(-ndhuḥ) The cognate relation by the mother’s side, as any of the maternal grandfather’s or grandmother’s sister’s or brother’s children. E. mātṛ a mother, and bandhu a kinsman.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mātṛbandhu (मातृबन्धु):—[=mātṛ-bandhu] [from mātṛ] m. a relation on the m°’s side, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]
2) [v.s. ...] n. blood relationship on the m°’s side, [Atharva-veda]
3) Mātṛbandhū (मातृबन्धू):—[=mātṛ-bandhū] [from mātṛ-bandhu > mātṛ] f. an unnatural m°, [Mahāvīra-caritra] (cf. brahmab).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMātṛbandhu (मातृबन्धु):—[mātṛ-bandhu] (ndhuḥ) 2. m. The cognate relation by the mother’s side.
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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: Matri, Bandhu.
Full-text: Matirupantu, Matribandhava, Nivasin.
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