मस्तकmastakaकम् [kam], कम् [मस्मति परिमात्यनेन मस्-करणे त स्वार्थे क Tv.]
- कम् kam, कम् मस्मति परिमात्यनेन मस्-करणे त स्वार्थे क Tv.
- The head, skull; अतिलोभा (Vartious reading तृष्णा) भिभूतस्य चक्रं भ्रमति मस्तके Pt.5.22.
- The head or top of anything, peak, summit; न च पर्वतमस्तके Ms.4.47; वृक्षdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, चुल्लीdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
- The tuft of leaves growing at the top of palm trees.
Derived forms and compounds
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-आख्यः the top of a tree.
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-उद्भवः the brain.
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-ज्वरः, -शूलम् an acute head-ache.
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-पिण्डकः, -कम् a round protuberance on the temples of an elephant in rut.
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-मूलकम् the neck.
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-लुङ्गः the membrane surrounding the brain.
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-स्नेहः
- the brain.
- an oily substance appearing on the head.
