n. (m. g. ardharcādi; ifc. f(A, or I). cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 54], [58]) the mouth, face, countenance, [RV.] &c., &c.
the beak of a bird, snout or muzzle of an animal, [GṛS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a direction, quarter (esp. ifc. cf. diṅ-m°; mfn. turning or turned towards, facing, cf. adho-m°; also am, ind., cf. prāṅ-mukham);
the mouth or spout of a vessel, [KātyŚr.]
opening aperture, entrance into or egress out of (gen. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the mouth or embouchure (of a river), [Ragh.]
the fore part, front, van (of an army), [TBr.]; [MBh.]
the upper part, head, top, tip or point of anything, [VS.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c. (also mfn. in comp. cf. payo-m°)
the edge (of an axe), [Kāv.]
the nipple (of a breast), [Hariv.]
the surface, upper side, [Āryabh.], Sch.
the chief, principal, best (ifc. = having any one or anything as chief &c.), [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
introduction, commencement, beginning (ifc. = beginning with; also -mukhādi cf. the use of ādi), [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
source, cause, occasion of (gen. or comp.), [MBh.]
a means (°khena ind. by means of), [Śaṃk.]
(in dram.) the original cause or source of the action, [Daśar.]; [Pratāp.]
(in alg.) the first term or initial quantity of a progression, [Col.]
(in geom.) the side opposite to the base, the summit, [ib.]
the Veda, [L.]
rock salt, [L.]
copper, [L.]
m. Artocarpus Lacucha, [L.]