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nigaṇṭho

nigaṇṭha

masc nom sg of nigaṇṭha (noun)

  1. Jain; naked ascetic; lit. free from ties
  2. epithet of Mahāvīra; lit. free from ties

Etymology. ni + √ganth > gaṇṭh + a; from √ganth 'tie, bind'; Sanskrit nirgrantha [nigranth]

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

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