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देव—मातृक mfn. mfn. ‘having the god (इन्द्र) or clouds as foster-mother’, moistened only by rain-water (as corn, land), [MBh. ii, 211] ; [R. ii, 109, 23] (
cf. नदी-).
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--a country: opp. to नदीमातृक or जलमातृक Fertilized by rivers or watercourses.
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देवमातृक mfn. (
-कः-का-की-कं) Watered by rain, (corn, land, &c.)
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E.
देव a cloud, मातृ a mother, and कप् affix; cherished by the clouds as by a parent.
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