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māgaṇḍiyo

māgaṇḍiya

masc nom sg of māgaṇḍiya (noun)

1. name of a wandering ascetic; lit. son of a usurer

Etymology. maganda > māgaṇda + *iya; Sanskrit mārkaṇḍeya?

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

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