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uṣṇīṣa

uṣṇī́ṣa m. n. (uṣṇam īṣate hinasti, śakandhv-ādi [Vārtt. on [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 94]] para-rūpam, [T.]) anything wound round the head, turban, fillet, [AV. xv, 2, 1]-[4]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.

a diadem, crown, [L.]

a kind of excrescence on the head of Buddha.