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Entry मुख्य

मुख्यmukhyaa.Relating to the mouth or the face; अथ ह य एवायं मुख्यः प्राणः Ch. Up.1.2.7; Ms.5.141.
[मुखे आदौ भवः यत्]
1. Relating to the mouth or the face; अथ ह य एवायं मुख्यः प्राणः Ch. Up.1.2.7; Ms.5.141.
2. Chief, principal, foremost, first, preeminent, prominent; चन्दनस्य च मुख्यस्य पादपैरुपशोभितम् Mb.12.169.8; द्विजातिमुख्यः, वारमुख्या, योधमुख्याः etc.
3. Foremost, recited first; मुख्येन वा नियम्येत MS.1.5.6 (where explaining मुख्य, शबर writes मुख्यत्वं नाम रथन्तरस्य प्रथमाधीतत्वम्).
Derived forms and compounds
- -ख्यः A leader, guide.
- -ख्यम्
  
  A principal rite or ordinance.
  
  Reading or teaching the Vedas.
  
  The month reckoned from new moon to new moon.
  
  The category called अपूर्व (in पूर्व-मीमांसा); मुख्यभेदे यथाधिकारं भावः स्यात् MS.7.1.1 (where शबर explains मुख्य by अपूर्व).
- -अर्थः the primary or original (as Opposite of गौण) meaning of a word.
- -उपायाः the four chief stratagems (साम, दान, भेद and दण्ड).
- -क्रमः the order of the principal act; मुख्यक्रमेण वाङ्गानां तदर्थत्वात् MS.5.1.14.
- -चान्द्रः the chief lunar month.
- -नृपः नृपतिः a sovereign monarch, paramount sovereign.
- -मन्त्रिन् Masculine the prime minister.
In the Gita10·24

पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् ।

purodhasāṁ ca mukhyaṁ māṁ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim, — And know Me, O Partha, of the high priests of the world the chief, Brihaspati; I am Skanda, the war-god, leader of the leaders of battle; among the… 10·24
- मुख्यम्mukhyamaccusative singular of the neuter form of the adjective mukhya (the chief) .
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