# मात्सर्य (mātsarya)

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मात्सर्य (mātsarya) is a Sanskrit word meaning envy, jealousy, displeasure, dissatisfaction, displeasure or dissatisfaction, malice. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Envy, Jealousy, and Malice, Envy/Jealousy combined with Discontent/Dissatisfaction, Displeasure and Dissatisfaction.

- **Root:** कृ (kṛ)
- **SLP1:** `mAtsarya`  **IAST:** mātsarya  **Devanagari:** मात्सर्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81tsarya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/matsarya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Envy, Jealousy, and Malice (3 definitions)
- envy, jealousy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 808,1] मात्स (mātsa) ° र्य (°rya) n. envy, jealousy, Maitrī-upaniṣad (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. (with Buddhists 5 kinds are named, Dharmasaṃgraha (Title) 78; ° र्य (°rya) ं -√ कृ (°ryaṃ-√kṛ), to show jealousy, Mahābhārata (Title) ) [ ID=162449 ]
- Envy, jealousy, malice  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मात्सर्य (mātsarya) [Printed book page 567-07 ] मात्सर्य (mātsarya) n. Envy, jealousy malice, मात्सर्य (mātsarya) मुत्सार्य विचार्य कार्यम् (mātsarya mutsārya vicārya kāryam) Bhartr. i.19, Kir. iii.53. [ ID=29881 ]
- 1. Envy. 2. Malice.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मात्सर्य (mātsarya) [Printed book page 0698-b ] मात्सर्य (mātsarya) mātsarya, i. e. matsara + ya, n. 1. Envy, Hit. i. d. 194, M.M. 2. Malice. — Comp. Pus-, n. wicked envy, Bhartṛ. 3, 31. [ ID=11169 ]

### Envy/Jealousy combined with Discontent/Dissatisfaction (2 definitions)
- envy, jealousy, discontent  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मात्सर्य (mātsarya) [Printed book page 406 ] मात्सर्य (mātsarya) n. envy, jealousy, discontent. [ ID=24559 ]
- 1. Envy, jealousy, malice, or spite. 2. Displeasure or dissatisfaction.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > मात्सर्य (mātsarya) [Printed book page 0768-b ] Mātsarya, am, n. envy, jealousy, malice, spite, ( mātsaryaṃ kṛ, to show jealousy); displeasure, dissatisfaction. [ ID=36964 ]

### Displeasure and Dissatisfaction (1 definition)
- displeasure, dissatisfaction  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > displeasure, dissatisfaction, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ ID=162450 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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