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मातापिता

Hindi

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Noun

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मातापिता • (mātāpitā) m

  1. Alternative form of माता-पिता (mātā-pitā)

Old Gujarati

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Etymology

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Sanskritic dvandva compound of माता (mātā, “mother”) +‎ पिता (pitā, “father”).

Noun

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मातापिता • (mātāpitā) ?

  1. parents
    • 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा:
      मातापिता मोकलावी पांच सइं क्षित्रीए अनइ सरस्वती बहिन सहित दीक्षा लीधी।
      mātāpitā mokalāvī pāṃca saïṃ kṣitrīe anaï sarasvatī bahina sahita dīkṣā līdhī.
      (His) parents sent him off; together with five hundred kshatriyas and (his) sister Sarasvati he took diksha.

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Noun

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मातापिता (mātāpitā)

  1. Devanagari script form of mātāpitā, which is nominative/vocative plural of मातापितर् (mātāpitar, “mother and father”)

Sanskrit

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Univerbation of माता (mātā) +‎ पिता (pitā).

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मातापिता • (mātāpitā)

  1. mother and father
    • (Can we date this quote?), Padma Purana, 2.62.72:
      यत्र मातापिता तिष्ठेत्पुत्रस्यापि न संशयः ।
      अन्यानि तत्र तीर्थानि पुण्यानि विविधानि च ॥ ७२ ॥
      yatra mātāpitā tiṣṭhetputrasyāpi na saṃśayaḥ.
      anyāni tatra tīrthāni puṇyāni vividhāni ca. 72.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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  • → Old Gujarati: मातापिता (mātāpitā) (learned)
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