Matripaksha, Mātṛpakṣa, Matri-paksha: 5 definitions
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Matripaksha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Mātṛpakṣa can be transliterated into English as Matrpaksa or Matripaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymātṛpakṣa (मातृपक्ष).—m (S) The mother's side, family, line.
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 dictionaryMātṛpakṣa (मातृपक्ष).—a. belonging to the mother's side or line.
-kṣaḥ maternal kinsmen.
Mātṛpakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mātṛ and pakṣa (पक्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMātṛpakṣa (मातृपक्ष).—mfn.
(-kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣaṃ) Belonging or relating to the maternal line, or mother, &c. E. mātṛ, and pakṣa side.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMātṛpakṣa (मातृपक्ष):—[=mātṛ-pakṣa] [from mātṛ] mfn. belonging to the m°’s side or maternal line, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMātṛpakṣa (मातृपक्ष):—[mātṛ-pakṣa] (kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣaṃ) a. Of the mother’s side, related to her.
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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