a. [jaṭā astyarthe ilac] 1 Wearing matted or twisted hair (as an ascetic); viveśakaścijjaṭilastapovanaṃ Ku. 5. 30; (jaṭila may be here a noun meaning ‘an ascetic’). jyeṣṭhānu- vṛttijjaṭilaṃ ca śiro'sya sādhoḥ R. 13. 78.

2 Complicated, confused, inter- mixed, intermingled; vijānaṃto'pye- te vayamiha vipajjālajaṭilān na muṃcāmaḥ kāmānahaha gahano mohamahimā Bh. 3. 21; śikhākalāpaº Pt. 2. 81; Ve. 2. 18.

3 Dense,...