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Mahāmāyūrī

Mahāmāyūrī comes from Sanskrit महामायूरी विद्याराज्ञी ‘great peacock’.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमहामायूरी विद्याराज्ञीmahāmāyūrī vidyārājñī‘great peacock’
  2. EnglishtodayMahāmāyūrī

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

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  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमहामायूरी विद्याराज्ञीmahāmāyūrī vidyārājñī‘great peacock’
  2. EnglishtodayMahāmāyūrī

Today it means

name a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit महामायूरी विद्याराज्ञी / Mahāmāyūrī