Khura¹

the hoof of an animal Vv.64#10 (of a horse = turagānaṃ khuranipāta, the clattering of a horse’s hoof Vv-a.279), cp. Sk. kṣura, a monkey’s claw Sp. Avs.i.236.

khura-kāse MN.i.446, read (with Neumann) for khura-kāye, “in the manner of dragging (kṛṣ) the hoofs.”

Vedic khura

Khura²

a razor Vin.ii.134; SN.iv.169 (tiṇha a sharp r.) Dhp-a.ii.257.

• -agga the hall of tonsure Pv-a.53;
• -appa a kind of arrow DN.i.96; MN.i.429 (+ vekaṇḍa); Vism.381.
• -kosa razor-sheath Vism.251, Vism.255.
• -cakka a wheel, sharp as a razor Ja.iv.3;
• -dhāra 1 carrying razors, said of the Vetaraṇī whose waters are like razors Snp.674 (+ tiṇha dhāra); Ja.v.269; Vism.163. 2 the haft of a razor or its case Snp.716 (˚ûpama); Vism.500; Dhp-a.ii.257
• -nāsa having a nose like a razor Ja.iv.139;
• -pariyanta a disk as sharp as a razor, a butcher-knife DN.i.52 (= DN-a.i.160; khura-nemi khura-sadisa-pariyanta), cp. ˚cakka
• -māla Name of an ocean, in ˚samudda Ja.iv.137;
• -mālī (f.) prec. ibid.;
• -agga the hall of tonsure Pv-a.53;
• -bhaṇḍa the outfit of a barber, viz. khura khura-silā, khura-sipāṭikā, namataka Vin.i.249; Vin.ii.134 cp. Vin. Texts iii.138;
• -silā a whetstone Vin.ii.134
• -sipāṭikā a powder prepared with s. gum to prevent razors from rusting Vin.ii.134. Khulukhulu-karakam

Vedic kṣura, to kṣṇu, kṣṇoti to whet, kṣṇotra whetstone; cp. Gr. ξναύω scrape, ςύω shave, Lat. novacula razor. The Pali Dhtp (486) gives as meanings “chedana & vilekhana”