A serpent demon
N. of a serpent-demon, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=162179]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
मातंगीmātaṃgī
मातंगी (mātaṃgī) is a Sanskrit word meaning an elephant, ficus Religiosa, the twenty-fourth Yoga, a Candala or man of the lowest rank, a kind of Kirata mountaineer or barbarian, a serpent demon. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Proper Name of Beings/Persons, Caṇḍāla or Kirāta Individuals, Elephant or Elephant-related.
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Meanings by context
Proper Name of Beings/Persons
5 definitions
of a Pratyeka-buddha
of a Pratyeka-buddha, Lalita-vistara (Title) [ID=162180]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the servant of the 7th and 24th Arhat of the present Avasarpini
of the servant of the 7th and 24th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=162181]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a writer on music
of a writer on music, Raghuvaṃśa (Title) , Sch. [ID=162182]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the mother of Vasishtha
of the mother of Vasiṣṭha, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=162202]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Caṇḍāla or Kirāta Individuals
3 definitions
A Candala or man of the lowest rank.
a Caṇḍāla, man of the lowest rank, Daśakumāra-carita (Title) ; Lalita-vistara (Title) [ID=162177]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a kind of Kirata mountaineer or barbarian
a kind of Kirāta mountaineer, barbarian, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ID=162178]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a Chandala or Kirata woman
a Caṇḍāla or Kirāta woman, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ID=162199]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Goddess / Divine Feminine
3 definitions
A form of Durga
N. of a form of Durgā, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=162200]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
one of the ten Mahavidyas
of one of the 10 Mahā-vidyās (q.v.), Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 188 [ID=162201]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a mind-born mother
मातंगी (mātaṃgī) [Printed book page 2-677]
Mātaṃgī — a mind-born mother; is Laghuśyāmā. Br. IV. 19. 80; 31. 104; M. 179. 27. [ID=10570]
Mātaṃgī — a mind-born mother; is Laghuśyāmā. Br. IV. 19. 80; 31. 104; M. 179. 27. [ID=10570]
— The Purana Index
Botanical or Astronomical Entity
2 definitions
Ficus Religiosa
Ficus Religiosa, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=162175]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the twenty-fourth Yoga
(in astron.) N. of the 24th Yoga [ID=162176]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 2 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.