m. [muhyaṃtyasminnāhate iti mūrdhā, cf. Uṇ, 1. 156] 1 The forehead, brow.

2 The head in general; natena mūrdhnā hariragrahīdapaḥ Śi. 1. 18; R. 16. 81; naisargikī surabhiṇaḥ kusumasya siddhā mūrdhni sthitirna caraṇairavatāḍanāni U. 1. 14; Ku. 3. 22.

3 The highest or most prominent part, top, summit, peak, head; atiṣṭhanmanujeṃdrāṇāṃ mūrdhni devapatirya- thā Mb. ‘stood at the head of all kings’ &c.; bhūmyāṃ...

m. (Un2. i, 158) the forehead, head in general, skull, (fig.) the highest or first part of anything, top, point, summit, front (of battle), commencement, beginning, first, chief (applied to persons) RV. &c, &c, (mūrdhni with vṛt &c, to be above everything,... m. the base (in geom.; opp. to agra; perhaps w.r. for budhna) Col. 826,1 166272 m. (in gram.) the roof or top of the palate (as one of the 8 Stha1nas sTAna s...