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मातापितृक (mAtApitRka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
mātāpitṛka, adj. (cf. prec. and next but one), inherited, innate, natural, contrasting with what is due to training: (the Bodhisattva had not received martial or athletic training, so that Yaśodharāʼs father refused him as a son-in-law
but he, ) mātāpitṛkena balena Mv 〔ii.75.13〕, by natural, innate strength, threw a dead elephant over seven city walls.