Tavanmatra, Tāvanmātra, Tavat-matra: 9 definitions
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Tavanmatra 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytāvanmātra (तावन्मात्र).—ad (Correl. with yāvanmātra) So much or many; just to that degree. 2 (Laxly.) In no astonishing abundance or plenty; in moderate quantity or amount. Ex. dupatēṃ sāṅgāvayājōgēṃ nāhīṃ tā0 āhē.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishtāvanmātra (तावन्मात्र).—ad So much, just to that degree.
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 dictionaryTāvanmātra (तावन्मात्र).—just so much.
-tre ind. in that distance; सदनानि तावन्मात्र एव (sadanāni tāvanmātra eva) Bhāgavata 5.24.4.
Derivable forms: tāvanmātram (तावन्मात्रम्).
Tāvanmātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tāvat and mātra (मात्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTāvanmātra (तावन्मात्र).—mfn.
(-traḥ-trī-traṃ) So much. E. tāvat, and mātrac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTāvanmātra (तावन्मात्र).—[feminine] ri just as much.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTāvanmātra (तावन्मात्र):—[=tāvan-mātra] [from tāvan > tāvac] mf(ī)n. ([Pāṇini 5-2, 37], [vArttika] 1) so much, so many, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa v; Harivaṃśa 1204; Bhāgavata-purāṇa iv]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTāvanmātra (तावन्मात्र):—[tāva-nmātra] (traḥ-trī-traṃ) a. Just so much.
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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: Tavat, Tava, Matra, Tavan.
Ends with: Etavanmatra.
Full-text: Tavamatre, Talamamatra, Kar.
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