adjective · muṇḍa 1 · muṇḍa 2
shaven; void of vegetation; bare
Muṇḍa (adjective) [cf. BHS muṇḍa] bald, shaven; a shaven, (bald-headed) ascetic, either a samaṇa, or a bhikkhu or (feminine) bhikkhunī S I 175 (m. saṅghāṭi-pāruta); Vin IV 265 (feminine); Snp page 80 (= muṇḍita-sīsa Pj II 402). — kaṇṇa° with cropped or shorn ears (applied to a dog) Pv II 12 10 , cf. muṇḍaka. -pabbataka a bare mountain Ja I 303 (Hatthimatta); Vv-a 302 (v.l. for Text muṇḍika-pabbata). -vaṭṭin "shaven hireling" (?), a king's servant, probably porter Vin II 137. The explanation given by Buddhaghosa at Sp 1212 f. (on CV verse 29. 5) is twofold: malla-kamma-karādayo viya kacchaṃ banditvā nivāsenti; and muṇḍa-vaṭṭī ti yathā rañño kuhiñci gacchanto parikkhāra-bhaṇḍavahana-manussā ti adhippāyo. Maybe the reading veṭi is more correct. -sira shaven head Dhp-a II 125.
<b> <c c="#a00149">Muṇḍa</c> </b> <br>A king of Māgadha, great grandson of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iii.57ff.</c> His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave himself up to complete despair and mummified the queen’s body. The king’s Treasurer, Piyaka, consulted the Elder Nārada who lived at Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta and persuaded him to visit the king. Nārada preached to him, and his sorrow vanished.<br> <br> </deftext>
(adj, adj, from muṇḍati) bald; bald-headed; shaven shaven Construction: √muṇḍ + a
(adj, adj, from muṇḍati) void of vegetation, bare Construction: √muṇḍ + a