Kundalavardhana, Kuṇḍalavardhana, Kundala-vardhana: 1 definition

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

Kuṇḍalavardhana (कुण्डलवर्धन).—nt., Mahāvastu iii.263.16 and 18, a name for some brahmanical saṃskāra or similar rite per- formed for a boy (here Rāhula); bracketed with jātikarma (or in 15 jāta°) and cūḍākaraṇa (or in 16 jaṭākaraṇakarma). Could vardhana here mean cutting (as in nābhi-var°), and kuṇḍala curls (of hair, compare kuṇḍalaka, 2) ? Then cutting of the (infant's) locks of hair?

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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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