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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.3

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.3

- **Language:** English

### [v1.c14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.3)

2. Gagga.—A brahmin, father of Aṅgulimāla.¹ Gagga, whose wife was Mantāṇī, was chaplain to the king of Kosala.² Gagga may have been a gotta-name. Thus when, after his ordination, Aṅgulimāla is introduced to Pasenadi, the latter addresses him as Gagga Mantāṇīputta.³

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