Shanmatura, Ṣāṇmātura: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ṣāṇmātura can be transliterated into English as Sanmatura or Shanmatura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṢāṇmātura (षाण्मातुर).—[ṣaḍ mātaro'sya] Having six mothers, an epithet of Kārtikeya.
Derivable forms: ṣāṇmāturaḥ (षाण्मातुरः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢāṇmātura (षाण्मातुर).—m.
(-raḥ) Kartikeya. E. ṣaṣ six, and mātṛ a mother, aṇ aff.; having been brought up by the six Kirtikas.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySanmātura (सन्मातुर).—i. e. sant-mātṛ + a, m. The son of a virtuous mother.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ṣāṇmātura (षाण्मातुर):—m. ([from] ṣaṣ + mātṛ) ‘having six mothers’, Name of Kārttikeya (q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Sanmātura (सन्मातुर):—[=san-mātura] [from san > sat] [probably] [wrong reading] for sān-m, of a virtuous mother, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) Sānmātura (सान्मातुर):—m. (cf. san-m and sāmm) the son of a virtuous mother, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢāṇmātura (षाण्मातुर):—(raḥ) 1. m. Kārtikeya.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṢāṇmātura (ಷಾಣ್ಮಾತುರ):—[noun] Ṣaṇmukha, who was fostered by six women.
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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