[INDOLOGY] mAtAjI

[SOMDEV VASUDEVA]

It is probably worth noting that the Nāṭyaśāstra’s chapter 19.21–29, which lists stereotypically acceptable terms of address for women, does not include mātṛ. It does include ambā, but only to address an elderly lady (vṛddhā).

Best 
Somadeva Vasudeva 


On May 23, 2013, at 6:04 AM, Howard Resnick <hr at IVS.EDU> wrote:

> Do we know the history of the Hindu custom of addressing women as  mAtA or mAtAji?