Mata

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Mata is a title used in certain South Asian cultural and religious contexts, often signifying a revered mother figure or goddess.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mata canonical 4
Mata Jito 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Asian cultural title
religious honorific title
appliedTo female saints
female spiritual leaders
local village goddesses
pan-Indian goddesses
connotation devotion
respect
spiritual motherhood
contrastsWith Pita (father)
denotes goddess
revered mother figure
genderAssociation female
hasLanguageOrigin Hindi
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasMeaning mother
isHonorificFor Durga
linked to: Devi

Kali
Santoshi Maa
linked to: Ishta Devata

Sherawali
Vaishno Devi
linked to: Shakti Peetha

local Gram Devi (village goddess)
relatedTerm Maa
Mai
semanticField kinship term
religious reverence
usedAsPrefixInName Mata Amritanandamayi
Mata Gujri
Mata Sahib Kaur
usedAsSuffixInName Chamunda Mata
linked to: Chamunda

Durga Mata
linked to: Devi

Kali Mata
Lal Devi Mata
Mansa Mata
Santoshi Mata
Vaishno Mata
usedInAddressForm devotees addressing a goddess
disciples addressing a female guru
usedInContext Hinduism
Sikhism
folk religion
usedInRegion Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Pakistan
usedInRitualContext pilgrimage songs
temple worship
votive offerings

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Porai Mata hasTitle Mata
subject linked to: Porai Mata (local goddess)
Guru Gobind Singh spouse Mata Jito
linked to: Mata
Mata Gujri hasTitle Mata
Mata Sundari title Mata