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kāka-pakkha

, m. [sa. kākapakṣa], "crow's wing;" a
side-lock of hair left on the side of the head (the temples)
of a boy after ritual shaving (a brahmanical practice); —
lex. lit.: saṁyatā kesā ~o, Abh 257; — °-karaṇa, n.,
the act of making "crow's wings;" ~aṁ, Sv-pṭ I 423,7.