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pīramahanta
Notes
[P.
pīra
+ S.
mahanta
] var. pīramahaṃta; n. (esp. in the Nātha tradition) title of the head of a monastery (
maṭha
), esp. a
pañcāyātī maṭha
(cf.
Bouillier 2017
: 60 and passim).
Type
t.t.