Vaimatreya, Vaimātreya: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaimātreya (वैमात्रेय).—A stepmother's son; येन वैश्रवणो भ्राता वैमात्राः कारणान्तरे (yena vaiśravaṇo bhrātā vaimātrāḥ kāraṇāntare) Rām.3.48.4.

Derivable forms: vaimātreyaḥ (वैमात्रेयः).

See also (synonyms): vaimātṛka, vaimātra, vaimātraka.

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

Vaimātreya (वैमात्रेय).—m.

(-yaḥ) A step-mother’s son. f. (-yī) A half-sister, or one by a different mother. E. vimātṛ, ḍhak aff.

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

Vaimātreya (वैमात्रेय).—i. e. vi-mātṛ + eya, I. m. A step-mother’s son. Ii. f. , A half-sister, or one by a different mother.

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

Vaimātreya (वैमात्रेय).—[masculine] step-brother.

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

1) Vaimātreya (वैमात्रेय):—[from vaimātra] mfn. descended from another mother, [Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti on Manu-smṛti viii, 116]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a step-mother’s son, half brother, [Rāmāyaṇa [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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

Vaimātreya (वैमात्रेय):—[vai-mātreya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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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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