Matrikacchida, Mātṛkacchida, Matrika-cchida: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Mātṛkacchida can be transliterated into English as Matrkacchida or Matrikacchida, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Matrikachchhida.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mātṛkacchida (मातृकच्छिद).—Name of Paraśurāma.

Derivable forms: mātṛkacchidaḥ (मातृकच्छिदः).

Mātṛkacchida is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mātṛka and cchida (च्छिद).

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

Mātṛkacchida (मातृकच्छिद).—m.

(-daḥ) Parasura'Ma. E. mātṛ mother, ka the head, and chid to cut, aff. ka .

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

Mātṛkacchida (मातृकच्छिद):—[=mātṛ-ka-cchida] [from mātṛ] m. ‘the cutter off of his mother’s head’, Name of Paraśu-rāma, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Matrikacchida 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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