keSaH [ kliSyate kliSnAti vA kliS-an lo lopaSca Uṇ. 5. 33 ] 1 Hair in general; vikIrRakeSAsu paretaBUmizu Ku. 5. 68. 2 Especially, the hair of the head; keSezu gfhItvA or keSagrAhaM yuDyaMte Sk. ; muktakeSA Ms. 7. 91 ; keSavyaparopaRAdiva R. 3. 56 ; 2. 8. 3 The mane of a horse or lion. 4 A ray of light. 5 An epithet of Varuṇa. 6 A kind of perfume. 7 An epithet of Viṣṇu. — SI 1 A lock of hair (on the crown of the head.) 2 An epithet of Durgā. Comp. — aMtaH 1 the tip of the hair. 2 long hair hanging down, a lock or tuft of hair. 3 cutting of the hair as a religious ( pb ) ceremony; Ms. 2. 65. — aMtika a. 1 extending to the end of the hair as far as the forehead. 2 relating to the ceremony of final tonsure. — uccayaH much or handsome hair. — karman n. dressing or arranging the hair (of the head) — kalApaH a mass or quantity of hair. — kIwaH a louse. — garBaH 1 a braid of hair. 2 an epithet of Varuṇa. — gfhIta a. seized by the hair. — grahaH, -grahaRaM pulling the hair, seizing (one) by the hair (both in amorous sports and in fighting); keSagrahaH Kalu tadA drupadAtmajAyAH Ve. 3. 11 , 29 ; Me. 50 ; so yatra ratezu keSagrahAH K. 8 (that is, not in battles). — Gna morbid baldness. — Cida m. a hairdresser, barber. — jAhaM the root of the hair. — pakzaH, -pASaH, -hastaH much (or ornamented) hair; taM keSapASaM prasamIkzya kuryurbAlapriyasvaM SiTilaM camaryaH Ku. 1. 48 ; 7. 57 ; cf. kacapakza, kacahasta &c. — baMDaH a hair-band. — BUH, -BUmiH f. the head or any other part of the body on which hair grows. — prarADanI, -mArjakaM, -mArjanaM a comb. — racanA dressing the hair. — veSaH a tress or fillet of hair. — vezwaH the parting of the hair.