Vedic Sanskrit words related to Mother or Maa
Vedic Sanskrit words on 'Mother' The words in italics are the Sanskrit words. They are written as per ‘itrans version’. (Refer Sanskrit English Lexicon by Sir Monier Wiliams at http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/ 1. amaa --- a (no / without) + maa (measure)---The Universal Consciousness who is without measure. 2. maa ---mother---who creates by providing measures. 3. ma —death--- ma is the 25 th member of the 5 by 5 matrix of Sanskrit consonants called sparsha varNa (the alphabets of touch). The god of alphabet of ‘touch’ is the god of death. ( sarve sparsha mritoH aatmanaH ----all alphabets of ‘touch’ are the parts of the god of death—Chandogya Upanishad, 2 nd Chapter, 3 rd part.). This is because touch can happen only when there is duality and ‘death’ is the result of ‘perceiving duality’ and not knowing the ‘absolute oneness’. Otherwise death is no death. ‘ ma’ is the highest or final note of the Sanskrit consonant