मा [ mā ] [ mā ]3 Root cl. [2] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxiv , 54) [ māti ] ; cl. [3] Ā. ( Lit. xxv , 6) [ mí mīte ] ; cl. [4] Ā. ( Lit. xxvi , 33) [ māyate ] ( Ved. and ep. also [ mimāti ] Pot. [ mimīyāt ] Impv. , [ mimīhi ] ; Pot. [ mimet ] Lit. Br. ; pf. [ mamaú ] , [ mame ] , [ mamiré ] Lit. RV. ; aor. [ ámāsi ] Subj. [ mā́sātai ] Lit. AV. ; [ amāsīt ] Gr. ; Prec. [ māsīṣṭa ] , [ meyāt ] Lit. ib. ; fut. [ mātā ] ; [ māsyati ] , [ māsyate ] Lit. ib. ; inf. [ mé ] [ -maí ] Lit. RV. ; [ mātum ] Lit. Br. ; ind.p. [ mitvā́ ] , [ -mā́ya ] Lit. RV. ) , to measure , mete out , mark off Lit. RV. ; to measure across = traverse Lit. RV. ; to measure (by any standard) , compare with (instr.) Lit. Kum. ; ( [ māti ] ) to correspond in measure ( either with gen. , " to be large or long enough for " Lit. BhP. ; or with loc. , " to find room or be contained in " Lit. Inscr. Lit. Kāv. ; or with [ na ] and instr. , " to be beside one's self with " Lit. Vcar. Lit. Kathās.) ; to measure out , apportion , grant Lit. RV. ; to help any one (acc.) to anything (dat.) Lit. ib. , i , 120 , 9 ; to prepare , arrange , fashion , form , build , make Lit. RV. ; to show , display , exhibit ( [ amimīta ] , " he displayed or developed himself " , Lit. iii , 29 , 11) Lit. ib. ; (in phil.) to infer , conclude ; to pray ( [ yācñā-karmaṇi ] ) Lit. Naigh. iii , 59 : Pass. [ mīyáte ] (aor. [ amāyi ] ) ; to be measured Lit. RV. Lit. Caus. , [ māpayati ] , [ °te ] (aor. [ amīmapat ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4 , 93 Vārtt. 2 Lit. Pat.) , to cause to be measured or built , measure , build , erect Lit. Up. Lit. GṛS. Lit. MBh. : Desid. [ mitsati ] , [ °te ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4 , 54 ; 58 (cf. [ nir-√ mā ] ) : Intens. [ memīyate ] Lit. Pāṇ. 6-4 , 66. ( cf. Zd. (mā) ; Gk. 1 , 2 ; Lat. (me1tior) , (mensus) , (mensura) ; Slav. (mera) ; Lith. (me3rá) . )