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jaṅgalānaṁ

jaṅgala

genitive plural

  1. wilderness
  2. jungle
  3. uncultivated land

Etymology. From Sanskrit jaṅgala, possibly from a Dravidian source (Tamil kaṇkal "stony ground"). The word entered European languages through Sanskrit and Persian (whence English "jungle"). No Indo-European cognate.

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

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