matha
SayMUT-uh/ˈmʌtə/
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- 1A Hindu or Jain religious home where monks live and study together under one leader.
Like a boarding school just for monks, but with strict religious rules and one head.
The young monks studied ancient texts at the matha every morning.
Several mathas across southern India trace their founding to a single teacher.
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- 2The top part of a person's body, where the face and brain are.
He scratched his matha, trying to remember the answer.
The ball struck him right on the matha during the game.
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Origins
Meaning 1
It comes from the Sanskrit word मठ (maṭha).
Meaning 2
It was borrowed from the Bengali word মাথা (matha).