Nirvrittacudaka, Nirvṛttacūḍaka, Nirvritta-cudaka: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Nirvṛttacūḍaka can be transliterated into English as Nirvrttacudaka or Nirvrittacudaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nirvrittachudaka.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Nirvrittacudaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirvṛttacūḍaka (निर्वृत्तचूडक).—a. One on whom tonsure has been performed; निर्वृत्तचूडकानां तु त्रिरात्रात् शुद्धिरिष्यते (nirvṛttacūḍakānāṃ tu trirātrāt śuddhiriṣyate) Manusmṛti 5.67.

Derivable forms: nirvṛttacūḍakaḥ (निर्वृत्तचूडकः).

Nirvṛttacūḍaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nirvṛtta and cūḍaka (चूडक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirvṛttacūḍaka (निर्वृत्तचूडक):—[=nir-vṛtta-cūḍaka] [from nir-vṛtta > nir-vṛt] mfn. one on whom tonsure has been performed, [Manu-smṛti v, 67]

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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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