mukhya मुख्य – principal; foremost

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múkhya ·a. being in (on) the mouth or face, coming from the mouth; being at the head or at the beginning, best, principal, original, primary, first among (--°). m. chief, leader.

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Mukhya, as, ā, am, being in or on the mouth or face; belonging to the mouth or face, coming from the mouth, &c.; being at the head or at the begin- ning, principal, chief, prime, primary, original, first, eminent, pre-eminent, first-rate, most excellent or important, original; (at the end of a comp.) the chief, most excellent among, first or best of (cf. dvijāti-m˚, dvija-m˚, mantri-m˚, vāra-mukhyā; sometimes even used like ādi, e. g. Nārāyaṇī- mukhyam mātṛ-cakram, the whole circle of Mātṛs beginning with Nārāyaṇī); (as), m. a leader, guide; N. of a tutelary deity presiding over one part of an astrological house which is divided into 81 or 63 divisions or Padas; (ās), m. pl., N. of a class of gods under Manu Sārvaṇi; (am), n. a principal or essential rite, chief ordinance; reading or teaching the Vedas; the month reckoned from new moon to new moon.

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múkhya (von mukha) Aussprache VS. PRĀT. 4,164. 1〉 adj. a〉 in oder am Munde oder Gesichte befindlich gaṇa digādi zu P. 4,3,54. AV. 6,43,3. ŚAT. BR. 10,6,1,11. prāṇa LĀṬY. 2,5,6. ṚV. PRĀT. 6,9. vipruṣaḥ aus dem Munde kommend M. 5,141. — b〉 an der Spitze —, am Anfange befindlich; der erste, vornehmste, hauptsächlich, principalis, ursprünglich (Gegens. gauṇa, pratinidhi); der beste, vorzüglichste, vorzüglich gaṇa śākhādi zu P. 5,3,103 (oxyt., was aber durch die accentuirten Texte nicht bestätigt wird). AK. 3,2,7. AK. 3,4,1,16. H. 1438. HALĀY. 4,5. ṚV. PRĀT. 2,29. ṚV. PRĀT. 15,9. TBR. 1,1,2,1. TS. 2,6,2,5. ārti ŚAT. BR. 1,6,1,16. mukhyau vā āvāṃ yajñasya svo yāvadhvaryū ŚAT. BR. 4,1,5,16. ŚAT. BR. 13,1,8,2. AIT. BR. 3,13. vatsatarī ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 3,13. mukhyo yajñakraturyadagniṣṭomaḥ ŚR. 16,20,13. dhana ĀŚV. ŚR. 3,13,18. mu˚, dvitīya u. s. w. ĀŚV. ŚR. 3,9,4. mu˚, madhya, avara KAUŚ. 15. CHĀND. UP. 1,2,7. M. 3,200. M. 8,210. M. 8,323. M. 10,60. DRAUP. 4,3. MBH. 3,2167. MBH. 3,2898. R. 1,9,33. R. 2,32,5. Spr. 4726. SUŚR. 2,347,11. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 48,77. KATHĀS. 33,132. ahaṃ mukhyamahaṃ mukhyamityāsīdāgrahastayoḥ KATHĀS. 63,176. BHĀG. P. 4,25,49. PARAMAH. UP._in_Verz. d. Tüb. H. 7,15. fg. mukhyānuyāyin AK. 3,4,17,101. HALĀY. 2,334. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 327,2. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 343,2 v. u. VOP. S. 176. sarga BHĀG. P. 3,10,18. MĀRK. P. 47,17. MĀRK. P. 47,33. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 82,b,4. mukhyaḥ syātprathamaḥ kalpaḥ AK. 2,7,39. gauṇamukhyayormukhye kāryasaṃpratyayo bhavati Cit. bei PAT._zu_P. 1,4,108. P. 8,3,82. SĀH. D. 15,6. WEBER, JYOT. 69. WEBER, JYOT. 75. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 267,b,22. fg. VOP. 6,15. VOP. 24,13. Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 1,4,15. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,6,16. KĀTY. ŚR. 2,1,1. Schol. zu NAIṢ. 22,53. As. Res. 3,258. Am Ende eines comp. múkhya der Vorzüglichste unter — gaṇa vargyādi zu P. 6,2,131. dvijāti˚ M. 3,286. amātya˚ M. 7,141. BHAG. 11,26. āvaraṇamukhyāni MBH. 1,1158. MBH. 5,7279. R. 1,34,9. imānyāsanamukhyāni R. 72,15. R. 2,26,14. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 35,8. KATHĀS. 52,300. KATHĀS. 55,237. KATHĀS. 57,56. BHĀG. P. 3,1,23. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 183,14. PAÑCAT. 158,2. dvijamukhyatama MṚCCH. 1,13. Ausnahmsweise und aus metrischen Rücksichten steht mukhya in der Bed. von mukha = ādi am Ende eines adj. comp.: nārāyaṇīmukhyaṃ mātṛcakram KATHĀS. 56,76. BHĀG. P. 8,12,10. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 327,1. kṣurapratadbalārdhendutīrīmukhyāstu tadbhidaḥ H. 780. — 2〉 m. a〉 Anführer: anekamukhyaṃ balam KĀM. NĪTIS. 15,17. KĀM. NĪTIS. 13,77. daṇḍa˚ (vgl. daṇḍamukha) KĀM. NĪTIS. 17,49. — b〉 N. eines Genius, der einem Theile des (astrologisch) in 81 oder 63 Fächer (pada) getheilten Hausplanes vorsteht, VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,45. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,63. — c〉 pl. Bez. einer Klasse von Göttern unter Manu Sāvarṇi VP. 267. MĀRK. P. 80,5. MĀRK. P. 80,9. — Vgl. gaṇa˚, phalamukhyā, mantrimukhya, vāramukhyā.

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mukhya 1〉b〉 am Ende eines adj. comp.: vastramukhyastvalaṃkāraḥ beim Schmuck ist die Hauptsache das Kleid Spr. (II) 6009.

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*pārimukhika und mukhya Adj. vor Jmds Angesicht stehend, in Jmds Nähe sich befindend.

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múkhya — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 in oder am Munde oder Gesichte befindlich, aus dem Munde kommend GAUT. — b〉 an der Spitze —, am Anfang befindlich; der erste, vornehmste, hauptsächlich, principalis, ursprünglich; der beste, vorzüglichste, — unter (im Comp. vorangehend), vorzüglich. Ausnahmsweise und aus metrischen Rücksichten steht mukhya in der Bed. von mukha = ādi am Ende eines adj. Comp. vastramukhayastvalaṃkāraḥ so v. a. beim Schmuck ist aber das Kleid die Hauptsache. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Anführer. — b〉 ein best. Genius, der einem Theile des astrologisch in 84 oder 63 Fächer (pada) getheilten Hausplanes vorsteht, HEMĀDRI 1,652,2. 654,17 — c〉 Pl. eine best. Klasse von Göttern unter Manu Sāvarṇi. — 3〉 f. ā N. pr. der Residenz Varuṇaʼs VP. 2,8,10. — 4〉 *n. Schnurrbart GAL.

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mukhya a. [mukhe ādau bhavaḥ yat] 1 Relating to the mouth or the face. 2 Chief, principal, foremost, first, preeminent, prominent; dvijātimukhyaḥ; vāramukhyā, yodhamukhyāḥ &c. — khyaḥ A leader, guide. — khyaṃ 1 A principal rite or ordinance. 2 Reading or teaching the Vedas. 3 The month reckoned from new moon to new moon Comp. — arthaḥ the primary or original (as opp. gaiṇa) meaning of a word. — cāṃdraḥ the chief lunar month. — nṛpaḥ, -nṛpatiḥ a sovereign monarch, paramount sovereign. — maṃtrin m. the prime minister.

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múkhya im (am) Munde o. Gesicht befindlich; an der Spitze o. am Anfang stehend, der erste, vornehmste, beste unter (—˚); vorzüglich, hauptsächlich, Haupt-. m. Anführer.

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mukhya mukhya a. (sfx. ya) placé en tête, premier, principal, excellent. — S. n. chose principale; rite ou règle essentielle; p. ex. la lecture du Veda. mukhyaśas adv. principalement.