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manuscript . block number : A8.823 -- folio . line : 24a.3 -- tradition : no trad. -- 831 NS -- 1711 AD
Sanskrit ka-kapaks*astu
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1a-gansam* From A6_1614: sacred strand of hair on the crown of the head for men
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Amarakosa2.6.96.4
Sanskritka-kapaks*ah* s'ikhan*d*akah* //96//
synonymSanskrit Nepali English
1ka-kapaks*a julphi- locks, left at the tonsure
2s'ikha(kha-)n*d*aka
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1HC : from H.T. Colebrook
note: "Interpretations differ: it is explained, three (some say, five) locks left at the solemn tonsure of children, or of the military class in particular; or else any lock left on the head". (p.163)
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