tuṇḍa (6998)

tuṇḍa
Entry 6998, Page 255, Col. 1

(tuRqa, tuRqa)
tuṇḍa¦ (m. or nt.; in Skt. beak, snout, of birds and animals, only contemptuously of men; so Pali tuṇḍa and °ḍaka; cf. next), (1) face (?), of men, as a part shaven: śiras-tuṇḍa-muṇḍa Śikṣ 59.17 and 68.2 (Transl. once cheek, once chin), of monks, shaven of head and face; [Page255-b+ 71] śiras-tuṇḍa-muṇḍana Bbh 194.5; (2) in Vajra-tuṇḍī, Bhvr. cpd., q.v., Hoernle assumes tuṇḍa, navel (cf. Skt. Lex. tuṇḍi, tuṇḍikā, tunda, late Skt. tundikā, Schmidt, Nachträge); (3) in tuṇḍa-bandham Mmk 110.9, uncertain, possibly (binding of the) belly? (Skt. tunda, pot-belly; AMg. tunda, belly); but possibly face, as in (1), or mouth; (4) trunk of an elephant: na hasti-tuṇḍāvalambitam Mvy 8528.

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