kuṇḍala-vardhana (4949)

kuṇḍala-vardhana
Entry 4949, Page 186, Col. 1

<k1>kuRqalavarDana<k2>kuRqala-varDana kuṇḍala-vardhana¦, nt., Mv 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, cf. kuṇḍalaka, 2) ? Then cutting of the (infant's) locks of hair?

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