Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

mastaka मस्तक – crown; head

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

crown; head

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

mastaka ·m. n. head, skull, top, point.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Mastaka, as, am, m. n. the head, the skull; the summit or highest peak of a mountain, top of a tree, the head or top or upper part of anything (e. g. cullī-mastakam āropya, having placed on the top of the hearth); the tuft of leaves which grows at the top of various species of palm trees; a particular formula used by Śaivas.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

mástaka m.n. UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 3,148. gaṇa ardharcādi zu P. 2,4,31. SIDDH. K. 249,a,1. 1〉 Kopf, Schädel AK. 2,6,2,46. H. 566. HALĀY. 2,363. HALĀY. 5,61. M. 11,43. YĀJÑ. 3,106. MBH. 5,2046. MBH. 7,4564. MBH. 12,474. MBH. 13,6109. MBH. 13,6149. HARIV. 4476. R. 5,17,29. SUŚR. 1,126,8. SUŚR. 1,126,9. SUŚR. 1,337,6. Spr. 166. KATHĀS. 50,22. KATHĀS. 60,201. MĀRK. P. 14,78. PAÑCAT. 222,4. PAÑCAT. 246,14. HIT. 85,13. VET._in_LA. (II) 5,21. LA. (II) 25,22. kaṭa˚ adj. eine Matte auf dem Kopfe habend PAÑCAR. 1,6,55. PAÑCAR. 1,6,60. yasyaiva yadabhipretaṃ sa eva tatpralīnaśākhāmastake nikṣipya pramāṇīkuryāt MÜLLER, SL. 104. — 2〉 Gipfel von Bergen, Bäumen, überh. der obere Theil eines Gegenstandes: parvata˚ M. 4,47. Spr. 2720. Spr. 3658. taru˚ HARIV. 8789. R. 5,9,9. skandhaḥ prakāṇḍamastake H. 1119. die gipfelförmigen Blattknospen verschiedener Palmarten, Palmkohl: tālanālikerakharjūraprabhṛtīnāṃ mastakamajjānaḥ SUŚR. 1,226,6. kharjūrī˚ SUŚR. 2,393,4. cullīmastakamāropya so v. a. auf den Heerd, aufʼs Feuer PAÑCAT. 262,17. — Vielleicht verwandt mit mastu. Vgl. kukkuṭa˚, nirvāṇa˚, pīta˚, madhu˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

mastaka 1〉 Kopf, Bez. einer best. Form, in der man sich Śiva denkt, SARVADARŚANAS. 83,9. SARVADARŚANAS. 83,17.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

mastaka m. n. — 1〉 Kopf, Schädel. — 2〉 Gipfel von Bergen, Bäumen, überh. der obere Theil eines Gegenstandes. cullīmastakamāropya so v. a. auf den Heerd —, aufʼs Feuer stellend. — 3〉 die gipfelförmingen Blattknospen verschiedener Palmarten, Palmkohl. — 4〉 Kopf, Bez. einer best. Form, in der man sich Śiva denkt.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine

mastakaḥ -kaṃ [masmati parimātyanena mas-karaṇe ta svārthe ka Tv.] 1 The head, skull; atilobhā (v. l. tṛṣṇā) bhibhūtasya cakraṃ bhramati mastake Pt. 5. 22. 2 The head or top of anything, peak, summit; na ca pavartamastake Ms. 4. 47; vṛkṣa˚, cullī˚ &c. 3 The tuft of leaves growing at the top of palm trees. Comp. — ākhyaḥ the top of a tree. — jvaraḥ, -śūlaṃ an acute head-ache. — piṃḍakaḥ -kaṃ a round protuberance on the temples of an elephant in rut. — mūlakaṃ the neck. — luṃgaḥ the membrance surrounding the brain. — snehaḥ the brain.

Original text · English · substantive neuter

mastakaḥ -kaṃ [masmati parimātyanena mas-karaṇe ta svārthe ka Tv.] 1 The head, skull; atilobhā (v. l. tṛṣṇā) bhibhūtasya cakraṃ bhramati mastake Pt. 5. 22. 2 The head or top of anything, peak, summit; na ca pavartamastake Ms. 4. 47; vṛkṣa˚, cullī˚ &c. 3 The tuft of leaves growing at the top of palm trees. Comp. — ākhyaḥ the top of a tree. — jvaraḥ, -śūlaṃ an acute head-ache. — piṃḍakaḥ -kaṃ a round protuberance on the temples of an elephant in rut. — mūlakaṃ the neck. — luṃgaḥ the membrance surrounding the brain. — snehaḥ the brain.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

mastaka m. n. Kopf, Schädel, Gipfel, Spitze.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

mastaka m. n. tête; crâne. Tête, sommet, faîte, cime.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.11*15-4.11*28: Space and Laya 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 5.74-5.76: Nāḍī-Zirkulation 1 occurrence

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