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kaṇṭheguṇa , m. , nt. ; in MSV i.215.10 kaṇṭha° (= AMg. kaṇṭhe°, a gold necklace , Ratnach. ), an ornament for the neck , made of a string of flowers: udārapuṣpāir āsakta- ( mss. °puṣpāvāsakta-)-kaṇṭheguṇā(ḥ) Av i.163.8 ; esp. one made of karavīra flowers, placed (as in Pali ) around the neck of a condemned criminal, karavīramālābaddha- ( ii.182.6 °lāsakta-)kaṇṭheguṇo (°guṇaḥ; in i.102.8 mss. °kaṇṭhena, em. Speyer ) Av i.102.8 ; ii.182.6 (said of a criminal); kaṇṭheguṇāni Mv ii.463.3 ff. , repeatedly, so mss. always, Senart em. kaṇṭha°; kaṇṭheguṇena ( mss. ) Mv ii.168.9 .