1. مَتِ-
mati- f. Denken, Gedanke, Sinn, Andacht, Absicht, Preislied (RV +; $B mäti-, AiGr 112,632); s. auch d-mati- (‘Nichtgedenken’, 0. 195), ard-mati- ‘bereiter Sinn’ (0. I 110). - Pä. matif. Gedanke, Sinn, sam-muti- f. Übereinstimmung (Berger, Probl 60), pkt. mai- f. Verstand. - Iir., aav. jav. ”maiti- (in är”, 0. I 110, dort zu weiterem *"mati- im Iran.; tars°, 0. 1647, tusnä°, 0. 1663; u.a.). - Idg. "np-ti- (s.u.), … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. mati-, p. 326]
2. مَتِ
thought, design, intention, resolution, determination, inclination, wish, desire (with loc. dat. or inf. ), RV. &c. &c. (matyā ind. wittingly, knowingly, purposely; matiṃkṛ or dhā or dhṛ or ādhā or samādhā or āsthā or samāsthā, with loc. dat. acc. with prati, or artham ifc. , to set the heart on, make up one's mind, resolve, determine; matim with Caus. of nivṛt and abl. of a verbal noun, to give up the idea of; āhitamati ifc. = having resolved upon; vinivṛttamati with abl. = having desisted from)
3. مَتِ
opinion, notion, idea, belief, conviction, view, creed, ŚrS. ; Mn. ; MBh. &c. (matyā ind. at will; ifc. , ‘under the idea of’ e.g. vyāghram, ‘under the idea of its being a tiger’)
4. مَتِ
Opinion personified (and identified with Subalātmajā as one of the mothers of the five sons of Pāṇḍu , or regarded as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Soma , or as the wife of Viveka ), MBh. ; Hariv. ; Prab.