The Sanskrit terms Mātṛṣvasā and Mātṛsvasṛ can be transliterated into English as Matrsvasa or Matrishvasa or Matrsvasr or Matrisvasri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Mātṛṣvasā (मातृष्वसा) refers to “mother’s sister” and represents one of the eight classes of female ancestors entitled to śrāddha.—(The 5 samitis and 3 guptis are compared to the eight ‘mothers’).—Cf. Saṃskārakaustubhaprārambha, p. 24a, line 4.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mātṛsvasṛ (मातृस्वसृ).—f. (mātṛṣvasṛ or mātuḥsvasṛ) a mother's sister, a maternal aunt.

Mātṛsvasṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mātṛ and svasṛ (स्वसृ).

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

Mātṛṣvasṛ (मातृष्वसृ).—f.

(-sā) A mother’s sister. E. mātṛ mother, and ṣvasṛ a sister also, mātuḥṣvasṛ or mātuḥsvasṛ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mātṛṣvasṛ (मातृष्वसृ).—i. e. mātṛ -srasṛ, f. A mother’s sister.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mātṛṣvasṛ (मातृष्वसृ).—[feminine] a mother’s sister.

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

1) Mātṛṣvasṛ (मातृष्वसृ):—[=mātṛ-ṣvasṛ] [from mātṛ] f. ([Pāṇini 8-3, 84]) a m°’s sister, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]

2) Mātṛsvasṛ (मातृस्वसृ):—[=mātṛ-svasṛ] [from mātṛ] [wrong reading] for -ṣvasṛ and -ṣvaseyī

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mātṛṣvasṛ (मातृष्वसृ):—[mātṛ-ṣvasṛ] (sā) 1. f. A mother’s sister.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Mātṛṣvasṛ (मातृष्वसृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Māsiā.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mātṛṣvasṛ (ಮಾತೃಷ್ವಸೃ):—[noun] = ಮಾತೃವ್ಯೆ [matrivye].

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Svasri, Matri, Shvasa.

Full-text: Masia, Matrisvaseya, Matuccha, Upamatri, Dhak, Atha.

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