అంగన

See also: అగ్ని

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -న

Noun

అంగన • (aṅgana) f (plural అంగనలు)

woman.
(Hinduism) name of the wife of one of the eight mythical elephants supposed to support the earth's crust.

Derived terms

గజాంగన (gajāṅgana, “female elephant”)
పుణ్యాంగన (puṇyāṅgana, “noble dame”)

Further reading

"అంగన" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page {{{1}}}

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