Cudalakshana, Cūḍālakṣaṇa, Cuda-lakshana: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Cūḍālakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Cudalaksana or Cudalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chudalakshana.
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Cūḍālakṣaṇa (चूडालक्षण).—tonsure.
Derivable forms: cūḍālakṣaṇam (चूडालक्षणम्).
Cūḍālakṣaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cūḍā and lakṣaṇa (लक्षण).
Cūḍālakṣaṇa (चूडालक्षण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Tonsure. E. cūḍā, and lakṣaṇa mark.
Cūḍālakṣaṇa (चूडालक्षण):—[=cūḍā-lakṣaṇa] [from cūḍā > cūḍa] n. tonsure, [Horace H. Wilson]
Cūḍālakṣaṇa (चूडालक्षण):—[cūḍā-lakṣaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Tonsure.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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