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कर्णवेध

कनछेदन

ceremony of piercing the ears

Monier–Williams

कर्णवेध — {vedha} m. 'ear-boring' (a religious ceremony sometimes performed as a saṃskāra or to prevent a woman from dying if the birth of a third son be expected) PSarv##piercing the ear to receive ear-rings