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कण्ठेगुण (kaNTheguNa)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
kaṇṭheguṇa, m., nt.
in MSV 〔i.215.10〕 kaṇṭha° (= AMg. kaṇṭhe°, a gold necklace, Ratnach.), an ornament for the neck, made of a string of flowers: udārapuṣpāir āsakta- (mss. °puṣpāvāsakta-)-kaṇṭheguṇā(ḥ) Av 〔i.163.8〕
esp. one made of karavīra flowers, placed (as in Pali) around the neck of a condemned criminal, karavīramālābaddha- (〔ii.182.6〕 °lāsakta-)kaṇṭheguṇo (°guṇaḥ
in 〔i.102.8〕 mss. °kaṇṭhena, em. Speyer) Av 〔i.102.8〕
〔ii.182.6〕 (said of a criminal)
kaṇṭheguṇāni Mv 〔ii.463.3 ff.〕, repeatedly, so mss. always, Senart em. kaṇṭha°
kaṇṭheguṇena (mss.) Mv 〔ii.168.9〕.