tonsure

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

चूडालक्षण 	-	  cUDAlakSaNa 	-	 n.
  	-	 tonsure
मौण्ड्य 	-	  mauNDya 	-	 n.
  	-	 tonsure
मुण्डन 	-	  muNDana 	-	 n.
  	-	 tonsure
वृत्तचूड 	-	  vRttacUDa 	-	 adj.
  	-	 tonsured
मुण्डितशिर 	-	  muNDitazira 	-	 m.
  	-	 tonsure headed
चूला 	-	  cUlA 	-	 f.
  	-	 tonsure ceremony
चौल 	-	  caula 	-	 n.
  	-	 tonsure ceremony
चौड 	-	  cauDa 	-	 adj.
  	-	  relating to tonsure
चूड 	-	  cUDa 	-	 m.
  	-	  ceremony of tonsure
चूडाकरण 	-	  cUDAkaraNa 	-	 n.
  	-	  ceremony of tonsure
चूडोपनयन 	-	  cUDopanayana 	-	 n.
  	-	 tonsure and initiation
बद्धशिख 	-	  baddhazikha 	-	 adj.
  	-	  not yet tonsured i.e. young
वृत्तचूड 	-	  vRttacUDa 	-	 adj.
  	-	  one whose tonsure has been performed
निर्वृत्तचूडक 	-	  nirvRttacUDaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  one on whom tonsure has been performed
केशान्तिक 	-	  kezAntika 	-	 adj.
  	-	  relating to the ceremony of final tonsure
पौष्टिक 	-	  pauSTika 	-	 n.
  	-	  cloth worn during the ceremony of tonsure
कृतचूड 	-	  kRtacUDa 	-	 m.
  	-	  boy on whom the ceremony of tonsure has been performed
चूडा 	-	  cUDA 	-	 f.
  	-	  single lock or tuft left on the crown of the head after tonsure
मौलि 	-	  mauli 	-	 m.
 f.
  	-	  tuft or lock of hair left on the crown of the head after tonsure
शिखण्ड 	-	  zikhaNDa 	-	 m.
  	-	  tuft or lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure

 
   चूडालक्षण  cUDAlakSaNa  n.
   tonsure

Monier Williams

English

 TONSURE,  s.
  (Shaving the head) क्षौरं,  क्षोरकर्म्म n.
  (न्),  केशवपनं, 
शिरोवपनं,  मुण्डनं,  शिरोमुण्डनं,  केशछेदः.
— (As a sacred rite)
चूडाकर्म्म n.
  (न्),  चूडाकरणं,  चूडा,  चौडं,  चौलं,  चौलकर्म्म n.
 ,  चूडालक्षणं.

अमरकोशः

Sanskrit

Word:  मुण्डनम्
Root:  मुण्डन
Gender:  नपुं
Number:  all
Meaning(s): 
⇒ tonsure
⇒ defending
⇒ protecting
⇒ shaving the head
Shloka(s): 
2|7|49|2 ► क्षौरम्तु भद्राकरणं मुण्डनं वपनं त्रिषु। (ब्रह्मवर्गः)
Synonym(s): 
➠ 2|7|49|2 ⇢ क्षौरम् (क्षौर) (नपुं) ⇒ shave, shaving the head, shaving in general, performed with a razor
➠ 2|7|49|2 ⇢ भद्राकरणम् (भद्राकरण) (नपुं)
➠ 2|7|49|2 ⇢ मुण्डनम् (मुण्डन) (नपुं) ⇒ tonsure, defending, protecting, shaving the head
➠ 2|7|49|2 ⇢ वपनः (वपन) (पुं)
➠ 2|7|49|2 ⇢  (वपन) (स्त्री)
➠ 2|7|49|2 ⇢ वपनम् (वपन) (नपुं) ⇒ seed, sowing, placing, shaving, arranging, semen virile, act of sowing seed
Related word(s): 
परा_अपरासंबन्धः ➡ क्रिया
जातिः ➡ क्रिया
    

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