māmaka

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. (mikā f.) 1 My, mine, belonging to my side; māmakāḥ pāṃḍa- vāścaiva kimakurvata saṃjaya Bg 1. 1. --2 Selfish, covetous, greedy. --kaḥ 1 A miser. --2 A maternal uncle.

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a. (mikā f.) 1 My, mine, belonging to my side; māmakāḥ pāṃḍa- vāścaiva kimakurvata saṃjaya Bg 1. 1. --2 Selfish, covetous, greedy. --kaḥ 1 A miser. --2 A maternal uncle.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

136

Texts Appeared In

21

DCS: name of a treatise

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 80 58.8%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 18 13.2%
3. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 6 4.4%
4. Kūrmapurāṇa 5 3.7%
5. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 4 2.9%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: māmakaṃ

  sa tvayārādhitaḥ śuklo vitanvan māmakaṃ yaśaḥ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: māmakair

  māmakair vā balair brahman mayā vā kūṭayodhinām

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: māmakāni

  nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvāṇi māmakāni dhruvāṇy atha