Kantheguna, Kaṇṭheguṇa: 1 definition

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kaṇṭheguṇa (कण्ठेगुण).—m., nt.; in Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.215.10 kaṇṭha° (= AMg. kaṇṭhe°, a gold necklace, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]), an ornament for the neck, made of a string of flowers: udārapuṣpāir āsakta- (mss. °puṣpāvāsakta-)-kaṇṭheguṇā(ḥ) Avadāna-śataka i.163.8; especially one made of karavīra flowers, placed (as in Pali) around the neck of a condemned criminal, karavīramālā- baddha- (ii.182.6 °lāsakta-) kaṇṭheguṇo (°guṇaḥ; in i.102.8 mss. °kaṇṭhena, em. Speyer) Avadāna-śataka i.102.8; ii.182.6 (said of a criminal); kaṇṭheguṇāni Mahāvastu ii.463.3 ff., repeatedly, so mss. always, Senart em. kaṇṭha°; kaṇṭheguṇena (mss.) Mahāvastu ii.168.9.

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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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