Cuda, ūḍ�: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Cuda means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chuda.
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Google Books: Manusmṛti with the Manubhṣyaūḍ� (चूडा) is the tuft of hair on the crown of the bead�; and the ceremony for the purpose of this is called ‘ūḍ-karman,� ‘Tonsure�; this name ‘Tonsure� is given to that ceremony which consists in the cutting of the hair in such a manner as to leave well-arranged tufts of hair on certain parts of the head. This may be done ‘in the first year or the third�;—this option being due to considerations of the good and evil aspects of planets.

Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्�, dharmaśstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)ūḍa (चू�) refers to a “crest�, according to the King Vatsarja’s Pūjstuti called the Kmasiddhistuti (also Vmakeśvarīstuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nity.—Accordingly, “[...] May the goddess Kmeśvarī, who dwells at the front angle [of the central triangle], give me all objects of my desire. She is three-eyed, her eyes are beautiful and her limbs are ruddy. She has the crescent moon on her crest (ٲṇeԻ-ūḍ�). She looks beautiful with her four hands marked with a snare together with a goad, a plate with the nectar of immortality, the gesture of boon-giving, and the gesture of safety. [...]�.

Shakta (शाक्�, śkta) or Shaktism (śktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroesūḍa (चू�) refers to a “lock of hair� (on the head), according to the 10th-century Ḍkrṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while explaining the body circle (ⲹ)]: “[...] The Yoginīs each are lofty and fleshy, adorned with a bracelet [on the hands] and have one lock of hair (ūḍa-ṇḍٲ) [on the head], replete with every [kind of good] characteristic, and are born of Vrhī’s lineage. [...]�.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van ⲹūdeva’s Paümacariuūḍa (चू�) participated in the war between 峾 and 屹ṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in ⲹūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or 峾ⲹṇapurṇa) chapter 57ff. ⲹū or ⲹūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular 峾 story as known from the older work 峾ⲹṇa (written by ī쾱). Various chapters [mentioning ūḍa] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as ṣaܳṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossaryūḍ�.�(IA 11), the top knot of hair; cf. cūḻ�. Note: ūḍ� is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycuḍ� (चुडा).—m (ūḍ� S) A bracelet. 2 fig. The state of a married woman, in opp. to widowhood. Because on the death of her husband a woman ceases to wear ornaments. See ūḍ�. Also for ḍmṇ� see ūḍmaṇ�. cuḍ� bharaṇēṃ (To put on bracelets--to become a female. ) To flinch, falter, fail, yield, to fall back cowardly.
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ūḍa (चू�).—f A torch of wisps, or of sprigs and twigs, or of branches of the Cocoanut &c. 2 A term (from its shining appearance) for the serpent called k�- ḍra. 3 n A tuft of rice-plants (as in the hand of the person resetting them). ūḍa ucalaṇēṃ-dharaṇēṃ-lvaṇēṃ To raise or set against one a false accusation.
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ūḍ� (चूडा).—f (S) The lock of hair left on the crown of the head at the ceremony of tonsure, the Shenḍi 2 A peacock's crest; any crest, tuft, or plume. 3 fig. Top, crown, summit.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishcuḍ� (चुडा).�m A bracelet; fig. the state of a married woman, in opposition to widowhood. cuḍēdna mgaṇēṃ Ask for the life of a husband. cuḍ� bharaṇēṃ To falter, fall back cowardly.
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ūḍa (चू�).�f A torch of wisps, or of sprigs and twigs. ūḍa lvaṇēṃ Raise against one a false accusation.
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ūḍ� (चूडा).�f The lock of hair left on the crown of the head at the ceremony of ton- sure. Fig. Crown. Crest.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryūḍa (चू�).—Ved.
1) A protuberance.
2) The ceremony of tonsure.
Derivable forms: ūḍa� (चूडः).
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ūḍ� (चूडा).�
1) The hair on the top of the head, a single lock on the crown of the head (left after the ceremony of tonsure); R.18.51; Uttararmacarita 5.36;5.3;4.2.
2) The ceremony of tonsure.
3) The crest of a cock or peacock; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.73.
4) Any crest, plume or diadem.
5) The head.
6) Top, summit.
7) A room on the top of a house.
8) A well.
9) An ornament (like a bracelet worn on the wrist).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryūḍa (चू�).�adj. (= Pali cūḷa; compare culla, cūlla), small, petty, insignificant; always followed by paramaūḍa, and followed or preceded by dhanva (for dhandha, q.v.) and parama- dhanva: پ屹Բ 488.26; 489.19; 490.7, 19; 492.21; 504.18.
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ūḍ� (चूडा).�(compare JM.cūl, seemingly used in the general sense of ornament, see ڱʲ-岹-ṇṇDZ s.v.), ornament (for the head): yat te dṛṣṭ� bhūṣaṇ� uhyamn, ūḍ� vastr mahya mañce 'dṛśsi Lalitavistara 195.19 (verse). Prob. = the usual Sanskrit ūḍ峾ṇi; Tibetan cod pan, diadem, tiara (usually = mukuṭa).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryūḍ� (चूडा).—f.
(-ḍ�) 1. A single lock of hair left on the crown of the head at the ceremony of tonsure. 2. A peacock’s crest. 3. Any crest, plume, diadem, &c. 4. The head. 5. Top, summit. 6. An upper house, a room on the top of a house, &c. 7. A kind of bracelet. 8. A small well. 9. Tonsure; more commonly ūḍkaraṇa�. E. cul to elevate, � and ṭp affixes, la changed to ḍa, and the vowel lengthened. cūl � cula-samucchraye � ḍasya la� ni� dīrgha� .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryūḍa (चू�).—I. m. or n. The ceremony of cutting the hair. Ii. f. ḍ�. 1. A single lock of hair left on the crown of the head at the ceremony of tonsure. 2. The hair. 3. The ceremony of cutting the hair.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryūḍa (चू�).—[masculine] knob or protuberance (on bricks); the tonsure of a child ([ritual or religion]). [feminine] ūḍ� the tuft or hair on the crown of the head, top i.[grammar]; also = [masculine] ([ritual or religion]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ūḍa (चू�):�mfn. stupid (?), [پ屹Բ xxxv, 99 f.]
2) m. (cf. ūṭa) a sort of protuberance on a sacrificial brick, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa viii and; Ktyyana-śrauta-sūtra] (also ifc. f(). )
3) m. or n. = ḍ�-karaṇa, [Yjñavalkya iii, 23]
4) m. Name of a man (with the [patronymic] Bhgavitti), [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa xiv, 9, 3, 17 f.]
5) ūḍ� (चूडा):—[from ūḍa] a f. (beginning a Gaṇa of [Gaṇaratna-mahodadhi 365] : [gana] bhiddi) the hair on the top of the head, single lock or tuft left on the crown of the head after tonsure, [Raghuvaṃśa xviii, 50] (ifc.), [Parśara-smṛti]
6) [v.s. ...] = ḍ�-karaṇa (cf. ḍo貹ԲⲹԲ), [Raghuvaṃśa iii, 28; ṛtٲٳٱ i]
7) [v.s. ...] the crest of a cock or peacock, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] any crest, plume, diadem, [Horace H. Wilson]
9) [v.s. ...] the head, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] the top (of a column), [Hemdri’s Caturvarga-cint峾ṇi i, 3]
11) [v.s. ...] the summit, [Hitopadeśa i, l 01]
12) [v.s. ...] a top-room (of a house), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) [v.s. ...] a kind of bracelet, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
14) [v.s. ...] a small well, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
15) [v.s. ...] Name of a metre
16) [v.s. ...] of a woman [gana] bhvdi (ḍl, [Kśik-vṛtti])
17) ūḍa (चू�):�cf. ū, ḍa, caula uc-, candra-, tmra-, ṇa-
18) ūḍ� (चूडा):—[v.s. ...] 貹ṃcand mah-ūḍ�.
19) [from ūḍa] b f. of ḍa.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryūḍ� (चूडा):�(ḍ�) 1. f. Single lock left on the crown of the head; a crest; a top; head; upper room; bracelet.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ūḍ� (चूडा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Cūl.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryūḍ� (चूडा):�(nm) a lock of hair on on top of the head; a large-sized broad bangle; (a) the best, most eminent; ~[karma] the ceremony of tonsure; ~[ṇi] a jewel worn on top of the head; the best; most excellent (of).
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusūḍa (ಚೂ�):�
1) [noun] a bunch of hairs (on the head).
2) [noun] the natural tuft on the top of the head of a peacock or the comb of a rooster.
3) [noun] the top of anything; summit; ridge.
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ūḍa (ಚೂ�):—[noun] thick, matted hair.
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ūḍ� (ಚೂಡಾ):—[noun] flattened rice, made by soaking the paddy in water and pounding, spiced and seasoned.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryCuḍ� (चुडा):—n. crown; crest;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+13): Codaka, Codanavatthu, Codayamana, Codenta, Codesi, Codeti, Codetu, Codetva, Codita, Cudabhikshuni, Cudacandravijaya, Cudadanta, Cudagra, Cudai, Cudaila, Cudakaran, Cudakaranakeshantau, Cudakaranapaddhati, Cudakaranavidhana, Cudakaranopanayanapaddhati.
Full-text (+196): Cudamani, Tamracuda, Cudakarman, Pancacuda, Culli, Avacuda, Cudakarana, Mayuracuda, Kritacuda, Kshudracuda, Candracuda, Shankhacuda, Svarnacuda, Uccuda, Cudaratna, Codaka, Bhadracuda, Kapicuda, Krishnacuda, Pushkaracuda.
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