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Meaning & History
Means "ordained woman" in Mongolian, ultimately derived from Tibetan མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ། (mkha'-'gro-ma) literally meaning "sky-going mother", a kind of female divinity (also called dakini) in Hinduism and Buddhism that are variously portrayed as goddesses, demons, embodiments of enlightened energy, or spiritually developed human women.Alternatively, it could be interpreted as a combination of Mongolian ханд (khand) meaning "infusion, extract, tea" and the feminine suffix маа (maa).