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केशान्त

   
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केशान्त

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
केशान्त  f. m. (end of a compound.*">ifc.f(). ) the border of the hair on the forehead, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] ; [TUp.] ; [R.] ; [Suśr.]
   long hair hanging down, lock of hair, tuft, [MBh.] ; [R.] &c.
   cutting off the hair finally (as a religious ceremony performed upon Brāhmans at 16 years of age, क्षत्रियs at 22, and वैश्यs at 24), [PārGṛ.] ; [Gobh.] ; ii, 65">[Mn. ii, 65] ; [Yājñ. i, 36]

केशान्त

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
केशान्त  m.  (-न्तः)
   1. cutting off the hair finally as a religious ceremony, performed upon Brahmans at sixteen years of age; Kshetriyas at twenty-two; and Vaisyas at twenty-four.
   2. The tip or end of hair.
   E. केश and अन्त end.

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