Pāli Dictionary

moḷi

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

cūḷā

general

  • nach der Kopfrasur belassener Haarschopf

  • tuft of hair left after shaving the head; a top-knot

  • SN 36.21

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. atha kho moḷiyasīvako paribbājako yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi.

  • Scheitel, Kopfkrone

  • crown of the head

  • MN 45

    santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṃvādino evaṃdiṭṭhino, n'atthi kāmesu doso'ti. te kāmesu pātabyataṃ āpajjanti. te kho moḷibaddhāhi paribbājikāhi paricārenti.

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