Kesa
Kesa,[Vedic keśa; cp.kesara hair,mane=Lat.caesaries,hair of the head,Ags.heord=E.hair] the hair of the head S.I,115 (haṭa-haṭa-k°,with dishevelled hair); A.I,138 (palita-kesa with grey hair; also at J.I,59); Sn.456 (nivutta°),608; Th.1,169; J.I,59,138; III,393; Miln.26; KhA 42; Vism.353 (in detail).The wearing of long hair was forbidden to the Bhikkhus:Vin.II,107 sq.; 133 (cp.kesa-massu); -- dark (glossy) hair is a distinction of beauty:susukāḷa-keso (of Gotama) D.I,115; cp.kaṇha and kalyāṇa; PvA.26.-- The hair of Petas is long and dishevelled PvA.56; Sdhp.103; it is the only cover of their nakedness:kesehi paṭicchanna “covered only with my hair” Pv.I,102.-- kesesu gahetvā to take by the hair (in Niraya) D.I,234; -- kesaṁ oropeti to have one’s hair cut Vin.II,133.
--oropaṇa (-satthaka) (a) hair-cutting (knife),i.e.a razor DhA.I,431; --ohāraka one who cuts the hair,a barber Vism.413.--kambala a hair blanket (according to Bdhgh human hair) D.I,167=A.I,240,295=II.206= Vin.I,305=M.I,78=Pug.55; A.I,286.--kambalin wearing a hair blanket (of Ajita) D.I,55.--kalāpā (pl.) (atimanohara°) beautiful tresses PvA.46; --kalyāṇa beauty of hair DhA.I,387; --kārika hairdresser Vv 175; --dhātu the hair-relic (of the Buddha) J.I,81; --nivāsin covered only with hair of Petas (:keseh’eva paṭicchā‹-› dita-kopīnā) Pv III,16.°massu hair and beard; kappita-k°-m° (adj.) with h.and b.dressed D.I,104; A.IV,94; J.VI,268.Esp.freq.in form kesa-massuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati “to shave off hair & beard,dress in yellow robes and leave the home for the homeless state,” i.e.renounce the world and take up the life of a Wanderer D.I,60,115; III,60,64,76; A.I,107; III,386; It.75; Pug.57; similarly A.II,207=Pug.56.--sobha the splendour or beauty of the hair PvA.46.--hattha a tuft of hair PvA.157; VvA.167.(Page 226)