braid of hair, plaited hair, hair twisted into a single braid AN.iii.295; Vin.ii.266 (dussa˚) Thig.255; Vv.38#4 (= kesa-veṇi C.). fig. of a “string of people DN.i.239 (andha˚). -kata plaited, having the hair plaited Ja.ii.185; Ja.v.431.

cp. Sk. veṇi