ring esp. earring AN.i.254 = AN.iii.16; Ja.iv.358 (su˚ with beautiful earrings); Dhp-a.i.25. Frequent as maṇi˚, a jewelled earring Vin.ii.156; SN.i.77; MN.i.366; Pv.ii.9#50; sīha˚ or sīhamukha˚ an earring with a jewel called “lion’s mouth” Ja.v.205 (= kuñcita), Ja.v.438. In sāgara˚ it means the ocean belt Mil.220 = Ja.iii.32 (where expl. as sāgaramajjhe dīpavasena ṭhitattā tassa kuṇḍalabhūtaṃ) Cp. also rajju˚ a rope as belt Vv-a.212
■ kuṇḍalavatta turning, twisting round DN.ii.18 (of the hair of a Mahāpurisa).

cp. kuṇḍa, orig. bending, i.e. winding