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uṣṇīṣa , ( 1 ) nt. (in Skt. also m. ; = Pali uṇhīsa), in Skt. only turban ; in cpd. uṣṇīṣa-śīrṣa(n) or -śiras(ka), 32d of the 32 lakṣaṇa , q.v. ( Pali uṇhīsa-sīsa), acc. to Pali DN comm. ii.452.1 ff. having a head the size and shape of which makes it seem turbanned . But in BHS (and Pali ) interpreted as having a head surmounted by an excrescence , whether a top-knot of hair, or a growth in the skull. So Tib. regularly (uṣṇīṣa = gtsug tor ), e.g. on Mvy 236 uṣṇīṣa-śiraska-tā. Confirmed by Gv 401.26 ff. mūrdhni cāsyoṣṇīṣam abhinirvṛttam abhūt, sujātaṃ samantaparimaṇḍalaṃ madhyābhinyastakeśālaṃkāraṃ koṭīśatasahasrapattraratnapadmasaṃdarśitaṃ samantāt samabhāgapratiṣṭhitam aparimitamahārghyatāpradhānamadhyam. Cf. also uṣṇi , apparently = uṣṇīṣa in this sense, and uṣṇiṣa . In comp. as one of the lakṣaṇa, LV 105.11 ; 432.13 ; Dharmas 83 ; Mv i.227.3 ; ii.30.6 ; 307.4 ; Bbh 376.7 ; ( 2 ) m. , one of ten Krodha : Dharmas 11 ; ( 3 ) in Mmk 41.7 aṣṭau uṣṇīṣarājānaḥ are mentioned as to be depicted in a rite; their names, given 41.10—11 , are Cakravartin, Uṣṇīṣa, Abhyudgatoṣṇīṣa, Sitātapatra, Jayoṣṇīṣa, Kamaloṣṇīṣa, Tejorāśi, Unnatoṣṇīṣa. They seem not to be related to the Krodha of Dharmas 11 , tho the first two names also occur in that list. Nothing significant is said of them.