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kaṇṇika-kesa

, mfn. [kaṇṇikā + kesa], (bhvr.)
having tufts of hair; cf. kaṇṇikā 3.a.; used in
description of the parisadūsaka (cf. Vin I 91,13); ~o vā
pāṇakehi khāyitakedāre sassasadisehi tahiṁ tahiṁ
uṭṭhitehi kesehi samannāgato, Sp 1028,12 ("or he has
tufts of hair, that is, he has hair that sticks out here
and there like ears of corn in a field that has been
cropped by insects"; Vmv II 127,17); Vin-vn 2492.[[side 75]]

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