makha मख makhá mfn. (prob. connected with √ mah or √ maṃh) jocund, cheerful, sprightly, vigorous, active, restless (said of the Maruts and other gods), [RV.]; [Br.] makhá m. a feast, festival, any occasion of joy or festivity, [RV.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] a sacrifice, sacrificial oblation, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. ([Naigh. iii, 17]) (prob.) N. of a mythical being (esp. in makhasya śiraḥ, ‘Makha's head’), [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] (cf. also comp.) m. or n. (?) the city of Mecca, [Kālac.] makhas मखस् See next and sádma-makhas. makhahan मखहन् makha—hán m. ‘killer of Makha’, N. of Agni or Indra or Rudra, [TS.] makhasya मखस्य Nom. P. [A.] °syáti, °te, to be cheerful or sprightly, [RV.] [cf. μαχέομαι]. makhasyu मखस्यु makhasyú mfn. cheerful sprightly, exuberant, [ib.] makhavat मखवत् makhá—vat (makhá-), mfn. companion of Makha (a word used to explain maghávat, q.v.), [ŚBr.] a sacrificer, [Hariv.] makhadviṣ मखद्विष् makha—dviṣ m. ‘enemy of sacrifices’, a demon, Rākṣasa, [Ragh.] makhamaya मखमय makha—maya mf(I)n. containing or representing a sacrifice, [BhP.] makhamukha मखमुख makha—mukha mfn. beginning a sacrifice, [R.] makhavedī मखवेदी makha—vedī f. a sacrificial altar, [R.] makhakriyā मखक्रिया makha—kriyā f. a sacrificial rite, [L.] makhatrātṛ मखत्रातृ makha—trātṛ m. ‘protector of Viśvā-mitra's sacrifice’, N. of Rāma (son of Daśa-ratha), [L.] makhavahni मखवह्नि makha—vahni m. sacrificial fire, [L.] makhadveṣin मखद्वेषिन् makha—dveṣin m. ‘enemy of (Dakṣa's q.v.) sacrifice’, N. of Śiva, [Śivag.] makhamathana मखमथन makha—mathana n. the disturbance of (Dakṣa's) sacrifice, [Ratnāv.] makhasvāmin मखस्वामिन् makha—svāmin m. ‘lord of sacrifice’, N. of an author, [Cat.] = makhaviṣaya मखविषय makha—viṣaya m. the district of Mecca, [ib.] makhatrayavidhāna मखत्रयविधान makha—traya-vidhāna n. N. of wk.