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for diverse studies such as medieval medicine, grammar and music.

The term matha is also used for 'monastery' in Jainism, and the earliest monasteries near Jain temples are dated to be from about the 5th-century CE.

Etymology

Matha (Sanskrit: ??) refers to 'cloister, institute, or college', and in some contexts refers to 'hut of an ascetic, monk or renunciate' or 'temple for studies'. The root of the word is math, which means 'inhabit' or 'to grind'.

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