# मातंगी (mātaṃgī)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/matangi

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.

- **SLP1:** `mAtaMgI`  **IAST:** mātaṃgī  **Devanagari:** मातंगी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matangi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/matangi/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** मातङ्गी (mātaṅgī)

## Meanings by context

### Proper Name of Beings/Persons (5 definitions)
- A serpent demon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a serpent-demon, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=162179 ]
- of a Pratyeka-buddha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Pratyeka-buddha, Lalita-vistara (Title) [ ID=162180 ]
- the servant of the 7th and 24th Arhat of the present Avasarpini  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the servant of the 7th and 24th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=162181 ]
- a writer on music  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a writer on music, Raghuvaṃśa (Title), Sch. [ ID=162182 ]
- the mother of Vasishtha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the mother of Vasiṣṭha, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=162202 ]

### Caṇḍāla or Kirāta Individuals (3 definitions)
- A Candala or man of the lowest rank.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a Caṇḍāla, man of the lowest rank, Daśakumāra-carita (Title); Lalita-vistara (Title) [ ID=162177 ]
- a kind of Kirata mountaineer or barbarian  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of Kirāta mountaineer, barbarian, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ ID=162178 ]
- a Chandala or Kirata woman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a Caṇḍāla or Kirāta woman, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ ID=162199 ]

### Elephant or Elephant-related (3 definitions)
- an elephant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 806,3] मातंग (mātaṃga) m. ( fr. मतं - ग (mataṃ-ga) ) an elephant, Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. ( ifc. = the chief or best of its kind, Harivaṃśa (Title) ) [ ID=162174 ]
- See below.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 806,3] मातंगी (mātaṃgī) a f. See below. [ ID=162183 ]
- the mythical mother of the elephant tribe  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 806,3] मातंगी (mātaṃgī) b f. N. of the mythical mother of the elephant tribe, Mahābhārata (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=162198 ]

### Goddess / Divine Feminine (3 definitions)
- A form of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a form of Durgā, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=162200 ]
- one of the ten Mahavidyas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 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 ]
- a mind-born mother  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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 ]

### Botanical or Astronomical Entity (2 definitions)
- Ficus Religiosa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Ficus Religiosa, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=162175 ]
- the twenty-fourth Yoga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in astron. ) N. of the 24th Yoga [ ID=162176 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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