"Mutt" in Indian religion or law; [not] not in OED

[Joel S. Berson]

Thanks, Jeff.  I had said I was lazy on this, hadn't I?

Joel

At 8/13/2012 02:35 PM, Jeff Prucher wrote:
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>Wikipedia to the rescue:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutt, which is a
>disambiguation page, and includes under "other
>uses": "Mutt, alternate spelling for Matha, a
>Hindu or Jain religious establishment", with a
>link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matha
>
>Also in OED sv. math n2:Â
>"Forms:  18 mut, 18 muth, 18­ math, 18­ matha, 18­ mutt.
>Etymology:  < Sanskrit maá¹­ha (also with
>pronunciation maá¹­h) cottage, cell, monastery.
>
>In South Asia: a monastery, esp. one for celibate Hindu mendicants."
>
>(which I found by searching for "matha";
>searching for "mutt" didn't return this one)
>
>Jeff Prucher
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> > There appears to be a "mutt" in Indian law or religion (Hindu?) that
> > can be found in English-language documents.  Not in the OED.
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> > Joel
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