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mātaṅgo

mātaṅga

masc nom sg of mātaṅga (noun)

1. elephant; lit. going at will
2. low-caste man; lit. going at will
3. name of a privately awakened Buddha
4. name of a forest; lit. going at will

Etymology. mātaṃ + ga; Sanskrit mataṃga (mata + ga)

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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