mAtaMgaH [ mataMgasya munerayaM aR ] 1 An elephant; mAtaMgAH kimu valgitEH K. P. 7 ; Śi. 1. 64. 2 A man of the lowest caste, a Cāṇḍāla. 3 A Kirāta, a mountaineer or barbarian. 4 (At the end of comp. ) Any thing the best of its kind; e. g. balAhakamAtaMgaH . Comp. — divAkaraH N. of a poet. — takraH a crocodile as large as an elephant; R. 13. 11.