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ibha

, m. [ts.], elephant; Abh 360 c (kuñjara+),
Sadd 345,33* (among 12 words for hatthī); Mogg VII 127
(formation of the word); Himālayaṁ . . . ~-dīpi-
kapīhi . . . samākulaṁ, Jina-c 24 (among other wild
animals in Sumedha legend); — ifc. mattebha
(matta + ibha), elephant in rut, Jināl 62, Dāth V 30;
Setibhinda (set'-ibh'-inda), "Lord of the White Ele-
phants", Npr. of various kings of Prome and Pegu
(PLB index).

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