जटा jaṭā

S جٿا जटा jaṭā, s.f. Matted, or twisted, or tangled hair; the hair matted and twisted together (as worn by the god Śiva, and by ascetics and persons in mourning); long tresses of hair twisted or braided together and coiled in a knot over the head so as to project like a horn from the forehead (or at other times allowed to fall carelessly over the back and shoulders); — a fibrous root, a root in general ( = jaṛ); thread-like stems shooting from the trunk of a tree; a runner: — jatājinī (jatā+aj˚), s.m. One who wears matted hair and the hide of an antelope: — jaṭā-jūṭ, s.f. The matted and braided hair of Śiva rolled on his head; long tresses of hair twisted on the top of the head: — jaṭā-dhar, jaṭā-dhārī, adj. & s.m. Wearing matted or twisted or braided hair; — one whose hair is matted, &c.; any mendicant or ascetic wearing the jaṭā; an epithet of Śiva; an old serpent: — jaṭā-dhārī, s.f. The cockscomb flower, amaranth, Celosia cristata: — jaṭā-māsī, jaṭā-māṅsī, s.f. Spikenard, Valeriana jatamasi; or the plant Nardostachys jatamansi.

जटा (jaṭā) f. Dreadlocks (Hinduism) The hair of Shiva, which is matted into dreadlocks, like the hair of a sadhu.