అంగన

See also: అగ్ని

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -న

Noun

అంగన • (aṅgana) f (plural అంగనలు)

1. woman.
2. (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}}}