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mantāṇī

fem nom sg of mantāṇī (noun); fem nom pl of mantāṇī (noun); fem acc pl of mantāṇī (noun); fem voc sg of mantāṇī (noun); …

1. name of a Brahman woman; mother of Aṅgulimāla

Etymology. √mant + ā + aṇī; from √mant 'counsel, invite'; Sanskrit maitrāyaṇī [mantr]

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

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