[atati satataṃ saṃbadhnāti; at-tak iḍabhāvaḥ] 1 A mother.

2 An elder sis- ter.

3 A mother-in-law; (rarely) mother's sister.

f. (probably a colloquialism borrowed from the Deccan, said to occur chiefly in dramas), a mother L. 16,3 3382 f. mother's sister L. 16,3 3383 f. elder L. 16,3 3384 f. (in Pra1kr2it Prakrit) a mother-in-law L., see akkā. 002341 16,3 3385