[vaktyanena vac-karaṇe ṣṭran] 1 The mouth.

2 The face; yadvaktraṃ mu- hurīkṣase na dhanināṃ brūṣe na cāṭūnmṛṣā Bh. 3. 147.

3 Snout, muzzle, beak.

4 Beginning.

5 The point (of an arrow), the spout of a vessel.

6 A sort of garment.

7 N. of a metre similar to anushtubh; see S. D. 567; Kāv. 1. 26.

8 The first term of a progression. Comp. āsavaḥ saliva. khuraḥ a tooth. jaḥ a Brāh- maṇa. tālaṃ a...