kuRqalavarDana
kuṇḍala-vardhana , nt. , Mv iii.263.16 and 18, a name for some brahmanical saṃskāra or similar rite performed for a boy (here Rāhula); bracketed with jātikarma (or in 15 jāta°) and cūḍākaraṇa (or in 16 jaṭākaraṇakarma). Could vardhana here mean cutting (as in nābhi-var°), and kuṇḍala curls (of hair, cf. kuṇḍalaka , 2)? Then cutting of the (infantʼs) locks of hair?