muRqaka · masculine · muṇḍaka 1
muṇḍaka , adj. , ( 1 ) (= Pali id. ; cf. muṇḍā, muṇḍika ) shaveling , pejorative ep. of Buddhist monks (with śramaṇaka , q.v. for citations; -ka contemptuous or imprecatory): Divy 13.15 ; 39.26 ; 574.2 ; ( 2 ) f. °ikā, ep. of gaṇḍī , gong : Av i.272.1 ; Feer funereal, for the dead (suggested by context; Feer cites Tib. as mjug med pa = tail-less ; could this mean without a cord? ).
a shaveling; shaven-headed
Muṇḍaka = muṇḍa; cf. BHS muṇḍaka Divy 13. — Snp page 80; Dhp 264 (= sīsa-muṇḍana-matta Dhp-a III 391, qualification of a shaveling); Vv-a 67 (°samaṇā, dvandva). — aḍḍha° shaven over one half the head (sign of loss of freedom) Mhv 6, 42. -kaṇṇa ° "with blunt corners," name of one of the 7 great lakes: see under kaṇṇa. -paṭisīsaka the chignon of a shaveling, in phrase: kāsāyaṃ nivāsetvā muṇḍaka-paṭisīsakaṃ sīse paṭimuñcitvā fastening the (imitation) top-knot of a shaveling to his head Miln 90; cf. Ja II 197 (paccekabuddha-vesaṃ gaṇhitvā paṭisīsakaṃ paṭimuñcitvā), similarly Ja V 49.
(adj, adj, derog, dimin of muṇḍa) bald; bald-headed; shaven shaven-headed Construction: √muṇḍ + a + ka muṇḍa + ka
(masc, masc, derog, dimin of muṇḍa) shaveling; skinhead; baldy shaveling Construction: √muṇḍ + a + ka muṇḍa + ka