Pāli Dictionary

muṇḍa

muṇḍrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

muṇḍ1be bald; shave

Synonyms

muṇḍaka, muṇḍika

general

  • bald; shaven-headed; shorn

  • Thag 19.1

    muṇḍo virūpo abhisāpam'āgato, kapālahattho'va kulesu bhikkhasu, yuñjassu satthuvacane mah'esino, itissu maṃ citta pure niyuñjasi.

  • Thag 17.2

    rukkhamūlaṃ'va nissāya, muṇḍo saṅghāṭipāruto, paññāya uttamo thero, upatisso'va jhāyati.

  • void of vegetation; bare (of land, a mountain, etc.)

Encyclopedia

Muṇḍa
Person

  • A king of Magadha, great-grandson of Ajātasattu, who killed his own father to gain the throne and was later killed by his son; overwhelmed by grief at his queen Bhaddā’s death, he had her body embalmed until the elder Nārada consoled him.

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