Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

maṭha मठ – hermitage; hut

substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

hermitage; hut

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

maṭha ·m. ī f. hut, also = seq.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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Maṭha, as, am, m. n. (probably connected with the preceding rt.), a hut, cottage, especially the re- tired hut of an ascetic, a building inhabited by a devotee and his disciples, a small retired room occu- pied by a pupil, a pupil's cell; a cloister, convent, monastery, a school, college (especially for young Brāhmans prosecuting sacred studies); a temple; a carriage or cart drawn by oxen; (ī), f. a cell; a cloister.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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maṭha m.n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu P. 2,4,31. m. SIDDH. K. 250,a,4. 1〉 m. Hütte, insbes. die einsam stehende Hütte eines Einsiedlers oder Schülers, Zelle; Zellengebäude, Kloster, Klosterschule, Collegium AK. 2,2,7. H. 994. MED. m. 39. HALĀY. 2,143. (śvapacānāṃ niveśanam) sarpanirmokamālābhiḥ kṛtacihnakuṭīmaṭham MBH. 12,5348. niveśaṃ kārayāmāsuryādavāḥ sarva eva hi . svaṃ svaṃ yathāsukhaṃ rājanpragṛhītakuṭīmaṭham .. HARIV. 15857. tato dṛṣṭvāśramapadaṃ vyapaviddhabṛsīmaṭham MBH. 3,16069. PRAB. 106,12. PAÑCAT. 33,5. PAÑCAT. 116,18. PAÑCAT. 116,22. PAÑCAT. 117,1. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 234,a,12. ˚pratiṣṭhātattva Verz. d. Oxf. H. 290,b, No. 700. GILD. Bibl. 465. GILD. Bibl. 485. vratinām H. an. 3,461. tatra ca praviveśaikaṃ maṭhamāryairadhiṣṭhitam VID. 250. VID. 38. KATHĀS. 24,218. Spr. 1441. maṭhenādbhutabhūmikena Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,507, Śl. 20. vipra˚ VID. 37. pāśupatānām RĀJA-TAR. 3,460. paitṛke sthaṇḍile kṛtaḥ . chātrāṇāmāryadeśyānāṃ tena vidyārthināṃ maṭhaḥ RĀJA-TAR. 6,87. RĀJA-TAR. 6,308. RĀJA-TAR. 8,437. vidyā˚ Klosterschule PAÑCAT. 244,22. f. maṭhī́ gaṇa gaurādi zu P. 4,1,41. Zelle: eko daṇḍako nāma bhautikaḥ svamaṭhyarthaṃ sthūṇānayanāya vane gataḥ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 156,a,13. Kloster: bhautika˚ Z. d. d. m. G. 14,569,10. Vgl. brahma˚, kāṣṭhamaṭhī. — 2〉 ein von Ochsen gezogener Wagen HĀR. 149.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

maṭha — 1〉 m. f. (n.) Hütte, insbes. die einsam stehende Hütte eines Einsiedlers oder Schülers, Zelle; Zellengebäude, Klosterschule, Collegium. Nach BURNELL, VAṂŚABR. XIV. ursprünglich Tempel. — 2〉 m. Wagen.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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maṭhaḥ, -ṭhaṃ [maṭhatyatra maṭh ghañarthe ka] 1 The hut of an ascetic, a small cell or room. 2 A monastery, convent. 3 A seminary, college, place of learning. 4 A temple. 5 A cart drawn by oxen. — ṭhī 1 A cell. 2 A cloister, convent. Comp. — āyatanaṃ a monastery, college. — ciṃtā charge of a convent; Pt. 2. 63.

Original text · English · substantive neuter

maṭhaḥ, -ṭhaṃ [maṭhatyatra maṭh ghañarthe ka] 1 The hut of an ascetic, a small cell or room. 2 A monastery, convent. 3 A seminary, college, place of learning. 4 A temple. 5 A cart drawn by oxen. — ṭhī 1 A cell. 2 A cloister, convent. Comp. — āyatanaṃ a monastery, college. — ciṃtā charge of a convent; Pt. 2. 63.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

maṭha m., ī f. Hütte, Zelle, Klosterschule.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

maṭha maṭha m. collège ou couvent de brâhmanes. Temple. Chariot.

Occurrences in source texts (7)

DYS 2 occurrences
DYS 54–59: The Yogi’s Hut 2 occurrences

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HP 3 occurrences
HP 1.4-1.10: Lineage of Siddhas 1 occurrence

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HP 1.12-1.14: Place of Practice 2 occurrences

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 3.17-3.20: Praxisbeginn 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.208-5.222: Rājayoga 1 occurrence

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