Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [mūrdhni bhavaḥ yat] 1 Being in or on the head.
2 Cerebral or lingual, a term applied to the letters ṛ, ṝ, ṭ, ṭh, ḍ, ḍh, ṇ, r, and ṣ; ṛṭuraṣāṇāṃ mūrdhā.
3 Chief, pre-eminent, most excellent.
Dictionary meanings for mūrdhanya from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [mūrdhni bhavaḥ yat] 1 Being in or on the head.
2 Cerebral or lingual, a term applied to the letters ṛ, ṝ, ṭ, ṭh, ḍ, ḍh, ṇ, r, and ṣ; ṛṭuraṣāṇāṃ mūrdhā.
3 Chief, pre-eminent, most excellent.