1 An unchaste or faithless woman.

2 An unmar- ried woman. Comp. mātṛ m. one whose mother is an unmarried woman, son of an unmarried woman; (a term of reproach occurring usual- ly in the voc. case only); kāṇe- līmātaḥ asti kiṃciccihnaṃ yadupalakṣayasi Mk. 1.