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मातङ्ग

मातङ्ग [मतंगस्य मुनेरयं अण्]
1 An elephant; मातंगाः किमु वल्गितैः K. P. 7; Śi. 1. 64.
2 A man of the lowest caste, a Cāṇḍāla.
3 A Kirāta, a mountaineer or barbarian.
4 (At the end of comp.) Any thing the best of its kind; e. g. बलाहकमातंगः.
−Comp.
−दिवाकरः N. of a poet.
−तक्रः a crocodile as large as an elephant; R. 13. 11.

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