masculine noun, accusative singular of a proper name (the Elder Moggallāna, one of the Buddha's two chief disciples)
Analysis. mahā (great) + moggallāna (name); Moggallāna derives from moggara 'pincers, tongs' (referring to his mother's caste or profession), with the diminutive suffix -āna.
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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