केशान्त

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

केशान्त  f.  m. ( ifc. f( आ).) the border of the hair on the forehead, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [TUp.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]
long hair hanging down, lock of hair, tuft, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
cutting off the hair finally (as a religious ceremony performed upon Brāhmans at 16 years of age, क्षत्रियs at 22, and वैश्यs at 24), [PārGṛ.]; [Gobh.]; [Mn. ii, 65]; [Yājñ. i, 36]

Shabda-Sagara

केशान्त  m.  ( -न्तः)
1. Cutting off the hair finally as a religious ceremony, performed upon Brahmans at sixteen years of age; Kshetriyas at twenty-two; and Vaisyas at twenty-four.
2. The tip or end of hair.
E. केश and अन्त end.

ROOTS:

केश अन्त