the hair of the head.

…sq.; Vin.ii.133 (cp. kesa-massu)
■ dark (glossy) hair is a distinction of beauty: susukāḷa-keso (of Gotama DN.i.115; cp. kaṇha…

AjitakesakambalaKesakambalaAjita

Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Pitakas as being contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is…

…him of four incidents connected with his previous birth as Kesava. MN.i.326ff. SN.i.142ff.

Bhaddā¹

Wife of King Muṇḍa. At her death the king placed her body in a vessel of oil and mourned for her until his friend Piyaka took him to Nārada Thera at the Kukkuṭārāma, and there made …

…is identified with Kappa’s teacher, Kesava.

KesamuttaKesaputta

A township of the Kosalans and the residence of the Kālāmas. The Buddha once stayed there, on which occasion he preached the…

An ascetic in Himavā. He is identified with Baka Brahmā. SN.i.144

…SN.i.111 Opasāda, MN.ii.164 Kesaputta of the Kālāmas, AN.i.188 Candalakappa, MN.ii.209 Toraṇavatthu, SN.iv.374 Dandakappa, AN.iii.402…

…in Kosala, which was called Kesaputta. The sermon preached by the Buddha on his visit to Kesaputta is justly famous. AN.i.188ff. Among members of…

…is confounded with Ajita Kesakambala, and sometimes. AN.iii.383f. Pūraṇa Kassapa appears as though he were a disciple of…

with hair and beard dressed or trimmed

blanket made of hair; a cloth made out of hair

nom, ~ū, ~ūni) the hair and beard

(one) who pulls out the hairs of the head and of the beard

pulling out the hairs of the head and of the beard

having a mane, a lion

having a mane, a lion

of nivutta whose hair has been shaved off

…(pabbajita) viz.

1. kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati “to shave off hair &…

…freshly washed,

• -kesa with clean hair Pv-a.82 (sīsaṃ nahātvā allakesa); usually comb^d. with…

to cling to, stick to, adhere to (in both senses, good or bad); to covet

1. lit. kesā sīsaṃ allīyiṃsu the hair stuck to the head Ja.i.64 khaggo lomesu allīyi the sword stuck in the hair Ja.i.273
2. f …

…MN.i.78; Ja.iv.299 (v. l, kaṇḍikesayika); Pp.55.

fr. apassaya; cp. Sk. apāśrayin-˚

ointment, esp. a collyrium for the eyes, made of antimony, adj. anointed, smeary glossy, black (cp. kaṇha ii. and kāla¹ note).

1. Vin.i.203 (five kinds viz. kāḷ˚, ras˚, sot˚, geruka, kapal …

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

…Vin.i.71 (acchinna-kesa with unshaven hair); MN.i.430; DN.ii.8 (˚papañca); Ja.i.255; Ja.ii.155; Ja.iv.138; Dhp.338; Pv.i.11#2 (variant…

Danta¹

a tooth, a tusk, fang, esp. an elephant’s tusk; ivory Vin.ii.117 (nāga-d. a pin of ivory); Kp ii. (as one of the taca-pañcaka, or 5 dermatic constituents of the body, viz. kesā, l …

…Ja.i.498. haṭa-haṭa-kesa with dishevelled hair SN.i.115.

pp. of harati

Haṭa²

a kind of water-plant, Pistia stratiotes…

…as 5 kalyāṇāni viz. kesa˚, maṃsa˚, aṭṭhi˚, chavi˚, vaya˚ i.e. beauty of hair, flesh, teeth, skin, youth Ja.i.394;…

1. anything that comprises a number of things of the same kind; a bundle, bunch sheaf; a row, multitude; usually of grass, bamboo-or sugar-canes, sometimes of hair and feathers SN.iv.290 (tiṇa˚); Ja …

…i.e.) garments viz. kesa˚; and vāla˚; mentioned Vin.i.305 = DN.i.167 = AN.i.240, AN.i.295. 3. woollen thread Vin.i.190 (explained by…

…Vasudeva Pv.ii.6#1 syn. with Kesavā (the Hairy, cp. ̓*Απόλλων *Οὐλαϊος Samson, etc., see also siniddha-,…

…i.e. trimmed: -kesamassu “with hair & beard trimmed DN.ii.325; SN.iv.343; Ja.v.173, Ja.v.350; Ja.vi.268; Vv.73#1. 2. getting…

…where it explains kappita-kesa-massu, and Ja.v.309 & Dhp-a.i.253 where massukamma takes the place of ˚karaṇa, and Ja.iii.314, where it is…

…lion Ja.ii.244; Snp-a.127.

Kesara²

filament of flowers, hairy structures of plants esp. of the lotus; usually of kiñjakkha Pv-a.77;…

having a mane, of a lion, also name of a battle-array (˚saṃgāmo) Dpvs.i.7; cp. Avs.i.56.

fr. kesara¹

of rich hair, of beautiful hair. Epithet of King Vāsudeva (cp. kaṇha) Pv.ii.6#2.

fr. last

see kisa.

adjective hairy, of mangoes Mil.334.

fr. kesa

…vilūna); Thig.255 (= vilūnakesa Thag-a.210).

Sk. khalati = Lat. calvus, bald; cp. khallāṭa

Khalita²

(adj. & n.)

1. faltering,…

…old age in phrase kh˚ palitakesa, etc “with broken teeth and grey hair” AN.i.138 and ≈ Ja.i.59, Ja.i.79 (id.).

• -phulla…

… ■ vāri˚ Pv.ii.1#20 (= kesara Pv-a.77) in combination with kesara Vv-a.12, Vv-a.111, Vv-a.175.

cp. Sk. kiñjalka & remarks at Aufrecht;…

…correct the misprint kesa into kosa) DN.ii.17; Snp.1022 pp. Snp.p.106, Snp.p.107 Mil.167. For the myth see Dial iii.132–136. *…

…Ja.i.349 (variant reading kesaka); MN.ii.6, MN.ii.7, (-˚āhāra adj. living on a bowl-full of food; also aḍḍha˚) Vism.263. 3. case for a…

…bent, crooked Ja.i.89 (˚kesa with wavy hair), Ja.v.202 (˚agga: kaṇṇesu lambanti ca kuñcitaggā: explained on Ja.v.204 by sīhakuṇḍale…

…as Kṛṣṇa Hṛṣīkesa or Kesavā) On this feature of the Sun-god and various expressions of it see ample material in Palmer, *The…

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

…as Kṛṣṇa Hṛṣīkesa or Kesavā) On this feature of the Sun-god and various expressions of it see ample material in Palmer, *The…

1. sign, characteristic mark; esp. a sign as implying something extraordinary or pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative mark (cp. talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient feature, prop …

adjective one who pulls out DN.i.167 (kesa-massu˚, habit of cert ascetics); MN.i.308 (id.).

fr. loc. Caus. of luñc; cp. Sk. luñcaka

…loc = dassana

Locana²

neuter pulling, tearing out DN.i.167 (kesa-massu˚); AN.i.296; Pp.55.

fr. loc. Caus. of luñcati

the hair of the body (whereas kesa is the hair of the head only) DN.ii.18 (ekeka˚, uddhagga˚, in characteristics of a Mahāpurisa); SN.ii.257…

…Thag.283 (kesamassuṃ alocayiṃ)
pp luñcita.

Vedic luñcati, luc or luñc, to Lat. runco to pull…

…Nyānatiloka “cut”); Pv-a.47 (vilūna-kesa +).

pp. of luñcati

…missita-kesavaṭṭī“). The m. missa-kesa occurs as a term for ascetics (with muṇḍa) at Vism.389.

orig. pp. of…

…munja Roxb. Snp.440 -kesa having a dark mane (like m. grass) DN.ii.174 -pādukā slipper made of m. grass Dhp-a.iii.451. -maya made…

…Snp.456 (˚kesa = apagatakesa ohāritakesamassu Snp-a.403).

Sk. *nyupta, pp. of vapati¹ to shear

Nivutta³

(pp.) sown,…

…of red flowers (= Sk. nāgakesara, mesua ferrea Lin.): see cpds ˚rukkha, ˚puppha, ˚latā.

• -āpalokita “elephant-look” (turning the…

…Ja.iii.425 (+ alla-kesa). -vasana dressed in white (of householders or laymen as opposed to the yellow dress of the…

…2 oharāpeti in meaning of oharati to take down, to cut or shave off (hair) Ja.vi.52 (kesamassuṃ); Dhp-a.ii.53 (cp oropeti)
pp…

taking down, cutting off (hair) Ja.i.64 (kesa-massu˚).

fr. ohāreti, cp. avaharaṇa

…Pv-a.95. 3. to cut down, shave off (hair; see oharāpeti under oharati) Iti.75 (kesamassuṃ hair & beard, variant reading ohāyāpetvā);…

…paṭippassambhayitvā Cnd.181 apanetvā Snp-a.91); Ja.vi.211 (kesamassuṃ).

Caus. fr. orohati; BSk. avaropayati

adjective grey, in cpd. ˚kesa with grey (i.e. white hair MN.i.88 (f. ˚kesī); AN.i.138; Ja.i.59, Ja.i.79; abs. only at Ja.vi.524. The spelling…

…p bearded face Ja.iv.387; ˚kesa-nakha-loma Ja.i.303 ˚kesa-massu with hair & beard grown long Ja.iv.159 ˚kaccha with long grass Ja.vi.100;…

adjective very thin Ja.vi.578 (˚kesa); Dhs.362 (˚bhāva) = Dhs-a.238; Kv.299 (id.).

pa + tanu

…(allavatthaṃ allakesaṃ pavedhanto misreading for pavesento); Dhp-a.ii.249
■ Freq in ppr. med….

…beauty-marks: kesa˚, maṃsa˚ aṭṭhi˚, chavi˚, vaya˚. -kāmaguṇā pleasures of the 5 senses (= taggocarāni pañc’…

adjective fivefold, consisting of five Ja.i.116 (˚kammaṭṭhāna); Dhs. chapters 167–⁠175 (˚naya fivefold system of jhāna, cp. Dhs. translation 52); Snp-a.318 (˚nipāta of Anguttara)
■ nt. pañcakaṃ …

…(father of the Yakkha Harikesa) Mnd.92 (Vāsuvadeva, Baladeva P. and Maṇibhadda, cp. p. 89); Mil.191 (pisācā maṇibhaddā p.). *…

…Belaṭṭhiputta, Ajita-Kesakambalī.

5 teachers at Vin.ii.186; AN.iii.123.

3 at DN.i.230; AN.i.277. The Master par excellence is the…

…e.g. DN.i.115 = MN.i.82; AN.ii.22 = AN.iii.66 = Ja.ii.57; explained as suṭṭhu-kāḷa DN-a.i.284-…

(& taco nt.)

1. bark. MN.i.198, MN.i.434, MN.i.488; AN.v.5
2. skin, hide (similar to camma, denoting the thick outer skin, as contrasted with chavi, thin skin, see chavi & cp. Ja.i …

…uddhaṃ pādatalā adho kesamatthakā (above the soles & below the scalp) DN.ii.293, DN.ii.294; DN.iii.104; AN.iii.323; AN.v.109 2. (of time…

…uddhaṃ pādatalā adho kesamatthakā (above the soles & below the scalp) DN.ii.293, DN.ii.294; DN.iii.104; AN.iii.323; AN.v.109 2. (of time…

…hair of the head Thig.253 (= kesa-kalāpa Thag-a.209, Thag-a.210) & ˚ruha id. Ja.i.138 = Ja.vi.96 (= kesā C.) 2. the eye Ja.iv.403. 3….

…valinaṃ) = iii.180 (palitakesaṃ vilūnaṃ khalitaṃ-siraṃ valīnaṃ etc.) See valita for this passage
■ In…

…khaṇḍadantaṃ palita-kesaṃ vilūnaṃ khalitaṃ siro-valitaṃ tilak’āhata-gattaṃ: cp. valin with passage…

Vaya¹ & vayo

neuter age, especially young age, prime, youth; meaning “old age” when characterized as such or contrasted to youth (the ord. term for old age being jarā). …

…C.); Ja.vi.86 (sun-agga-vellita); Pv-a.46, Pv-a.142
■ Cp kuñcita-kesa Ja.i.89.

pp. of vellati, vell to stagger, cp. paṭivellati

…Thig.255; Vv.38#4 (= kesa-veṇi C.). fig. of a “string of people DN.i.239 (andha˚). -kata plaited, having the hair plaited…

…meaning from “kappita-kesa-massu” (with trimmed hair & beard), which he interprets; ad sensum, but not etymologically correctly. Cp….

(adj
■ f.) with loose or dishevelled hair Vin.i.15.

vi + kesa + ika

…overrun); Ja.v.82.

• -kesa with dishevelled hair Ja.i.47; Vism.415.
• -vāca (adj.) of loose talk SN.i.61 (=…

anointed DN.i.104 (su-nahāta suvilitta kappita-kesa-massu); Ja.iii.91; Ja.iv.442.

pp. of vilimpati

…hair, explained as vilūna-kesa Thag-a.210, i.e. almost bald spelling ḷ); Dhs-a.238 (ḷ); Dhp-a.i.122 (˚cchanna thinly covered); Pv-a.4…

…hair, explained as vilūna-kesa Thag-a.210, i.e. almost bald spelling ḷ); Dhs-a.238 (ḷ); Dhp-a.i.122 (˚cchanna thinly covered); Pv-a.4…

…Pv-a.46 (tassā kesa-sobhaṃ disvā taruṇa-janā y. tattha paṭibaddha-cittā adesuṃ invariably)
■ na yebhuyyena not…

…local: pādatalato… yāvakesaggaṃ from the sole of the foot to the tip of the hair (“from tip to toe”) Dhp-a.i.70; (in modal sense:)…