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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रमुखpramukhaa.Facing, turning the face towards.
    1. Facing, turning the face towards.
    2. Chief, principal, foremost, first.
    3. Respectable, honourable.
    4. (At the end of comp.) (a) Headed by, having as chief or at the head; वासुकिप्रमुखाः Ku. 2.38. (b) Accompanied with; प्रीतिप्रमुखवचनं स्वागतं व्याजहार Me.4.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -खः

      1. A respectable man.
      2. A heap, multitude.
      3. The tree called Punnāga.

    • -खम्

      1. The mouth.
      2. The beginning of a chapter or section.
      3. The time being, the present. (प्रमुखतस् and प्रमुखे are used adverbially in the sense of 'in front of', 'before', 'opposite to'; भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् Bg.1.25; Ś.7.22.).

    In the Gita2·6

    स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः ॥

    te'vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ. — Nor do I know which for us is better, that we conquer them or they conquer us, – before us stand the Dhritarashtrians whom having slain we should not… 2·6
    • प्रमुखेpramukhelocative singular of the masculine form of the adjective pramukha used adverbially (in front).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रमुखpramukhamfn. turning the face towards, facing (acc.) R.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective turning the face towards, facing (accusative) R.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective first, foremost, chief, principal, most excellent Hit.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (generally in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; f(आ).) having as foremost or chief, headed or preceded by, accompanied by or with ([confer, compare प्रीति-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied; वसिष्ठप्that the rest of a word is to be supplied]) MBh. Ka1v.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective honourable, respectable Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender a chief, respectable man, sage W.
    6. masculine gender a heap, multitude Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Rottleria Tinctoria Lexicographers
    8. neuter gender the mouth MW.
    9. neuter gender commencement (of a chapter) Br2A1rUp. S3am2k.
    10. neuter gender time being, the present, the same time Prata1p.
    11. neuter gender (in the beginning of a compound or 635978 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedखे indeclinable) before the face of, in front of, before, opposite to (with genitive case or compound) MBh. Ka1v.
    12. neuter gender (with √कृ) to cause to go before or precede R.
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  2. गणप्रमुखgaṇapramukham. id. Buddh. L.

    masculine gender the same Buddh. Lexicographers

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  3. प्रमुखतस्pramukhatasind. at the head of, in front of, before the face of, before, opposite to (with gen. or ifc.) MBh. Hariv.
    1. indeclinable at the head of, in front of, before the face of, before, opposite to (with genitive case or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') MBh. Hariv.
    2. indeclinable before all according to others, first, in the first place BhP.
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  4. प्रमुखताpramukhatāf. superiority, predominance W.

    feminine superiority, predominance W.

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  5. प्रमुखत्वpramukhatvan. superiority, predominance W.

    neuter gender superiority, predominance W.

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  6. प्रमुखेpramukheind. 135978

    indeclinable 135978

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  7. प्रीतिप्रमुखprītipramukhamfn. preceded by kindness, kind, friendly

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective preceded by kindness, kind, friendly

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  8. प्रीतिप्रमुखवचनprītipramukhavacanan. a speech p preceded by k kindness, kind sp speech, affectionate words Megh.

    neuter gender a speech p preceded by k kindness, kind sp speech, affectionate words Megh.

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  9. वसिष्ठप्रमुखvasiṣṭhapramukhamfn. preceded or led by V Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ MW.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective preceded or led by V Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ MW.

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