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Mundaka, Mumdaka, Munda-ka, ѳṇḍ첹, Mundakā: 16 definitions

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Mundaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mundaka in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

ѳṇḍ첹 (मुण्डक).—A forest. During his exile Śrī Rāma entered this great forest of ѳṇḍ첹 and paid homage to the sage Agastya. (Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Kamba Rāmāyaṇa).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

ѳṇḍ첹 (मुण्डक).—One of Danu's sons.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 68. 8.
Purana book cover
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

Name of a tribe, mentioned in a nominal list. Ap.ii.359.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mundaka in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ṇḍka : (m.) a shaveling; shaven-headed.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

ѳṇḍ첹, =ṇḍ; cp. BSk. ṇḍka Divy 13.�Sn. p. 80; Dh. 264 (=sīsa-ṇḍna-matta DhA. III, 391, qualification of a shaveling); VvA. 67 (°samaṇ�, Dvandva).�ḍḍ° shaven over one half the head (sign of loss of freedom) Mhvs 6, 42.�첹ṇṇ° “with blunt corners, � N. of one of the 7 great lakes: see under kaṇṇa. —pṭiī첹 the chignon of a shaveling, in phrase: kāsāya� nivāsetvā ṇḍ첹-貹ṭiī첹� sīse paṭimuñcitvā fastening the (imitation) top-knot of a shaveling to his head Miln. 90; cp. J. II, 197 (paccekabuddha-vesa� gaṇhitvā paṭisīsaka� paṭimuñcitvā), similarly J. V, 49. (Page 536)

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

ṇḍka (မုဏ္ဍက) [(ti) (တ�)]�
ڳṇḍ+첹
မįďĹ�+ံı

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

ṇḍ첹�

(Burmese text): (�) ဦးပြည်းသော၊ ခေါင်းတုံးသော၊ ရိတ်ပြီးသောဆံရှိသော၊သူ။ (�) မုဏ္ဍကမည်သော။ မုဏ္ဍကပဗ္ဗ�-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) A person with a big head, a round face, and short hair. (2) What is a crown? Look at the crown of wisdom.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ѳṇḍ첹 (मुण्डक).—[ṇḍ-ṇvܱ]

1) A barber.

2) The trunk of a tree stripped of its top-branches, a pollard.

-kam The head.

Derivable forms: ṇḍ첹� (मुण्डक�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ѳṇḍ첹 (मुण्डक).�adj., (1) (= Pali id.; compare ṇḍā, mu�- ḍika) shaveling, pejorative epithet of Buddhist monks (with śramaṇaka, q.v. for citations; -ka contemptuous or imprecatory): پ屹Բ 13.15; 39.26; 574.2; (2) f. °ikā, epithet of gaṇḍī, gong: Բ-śٲ첹 i.272.1; Feer funereal, for the dead (suggested by context; Feer cites Tibetan as mjug med pa = tail-less; could this mean without a cord?).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ѳṇḍ첹 (मुण्डक).—m.

(-첹�) 1. A barber. 2. The trunk of a tree stripped of its branches. n.

(-첹�) The head. E. ḍi to shave, aff. vun; or ṇḍ the head, kan pleonasm; or ḍi-ṇic ṇvul .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ѳṇḍ첹 (मुण्डक).—[masculine] trunk or stem of a tree.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ѳṇḍ첹 (मुण्डक):—[from ṇḍ] mfn. shaved, shorn, [پ屹Բ]

2) [v.s. ...] m. the lopped trunk or stem of a tree, pollard, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a shaver, barber, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [from ṇḍ] n. the head, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Name of the chapters into which the Muṇḍakopaniṣad is divided.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ѳṇḍ첹 (मुण्डक):�(첹�) 1. m. A barber.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mundaka in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Muṃḍaka (ಮುಂಡ�):�

1) [noun] = ಮುಂಡ [mumda]3 - 2, 3, 6 & 7.

2) [noun] name of one of the principal Upanishads.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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