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मुण्डिक (muNDika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
muṇḍika (= muṇḍaka, q.v.),
(1) adj., shaveling, contemptuous ep. of Buddhist monks: °kehi śramaṇehi Mv 〔i.320.4〕 (prose, no v.l.)
(2) subst., a shaven head: muṇḍika-kuṇḍika-kapāla-khaṭvāṅga-dhāraṇaiḥ LV 〔249.9〕, said of ascetic practices, characterized by wearing a shaven head (i.e. by shaving the head)
one ms. (A, the best) muṇḍaka.