Mastaka: 22 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMastaka (मस्तक):—m. n. [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 3, 148.] gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.2,4,31.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 249,a,1.]
1) Kopf, Schädel [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 46.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 566.] [Halāyudha 2, 363. 5, 61.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 43.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 106.] [Mahābhārata 5, 2046. 7, 4564. 12, 474. 13, 6109. 6149.] [Harivaṃśa 4476.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 17, 29.] [Suśruta 1, 126, 8. 9. 337, 6.] [Spr. 166.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 50, 22. 60, 201.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 14, 78.] [Pañcatantra 222, 4. 246, 14.] [Hitopadeśa 85, 13.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati]in [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 5, 21. 25, 22.] kaṭa adj. eine Matte auf dem Kopfe habend [PAÑCAR. 1, 6, 55. 60.] yasyaiva yadabhipretaṃ sa eva tatpralīnaśākhāmastake nikṣipya pramāṇīkuryāt [MÜLLER, SL. 104.] —
2) Gipfel von Bergen, Bäumen, überh. der obere Theil eines Gegenstandes: parvata [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 47.] [Spr. 2720. 3658.] taru [Harivaṃśa 8789.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 9, 9.] skandhaḥ prakāṇḍamastake [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1119.] die gipfelförmigen Blattknospen verschiedener Palmarten, Palmkohl: tālanālikerakharjūraprabhṛtīnāṃ mastakamajjānaḥ [Suśruta 1, 226, 6.] kharjūrī [2, 393, 4.] cullīmastakamāropya so v. a. auf den Heerd, auf’s Feuer [Pañcatantra 262, 17.] — Vielleicht verwandt mit mastu . Vgl. kukkuṭa, nirvāṇa, pīta, madhu .
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Mastaka (मस्तक):—
1) Kopf, Bez. einer best. Form, in der man sich Śiva denkt, [SARVADARŚANAS. 83, 9. 17.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMastaka (मस्तक):—m. n. —
1) Kopf , Schädel. —
2) Gipfel von Bergen , Bäumen , überh. der obere Theil eines Gegenstandes. cullīmastakamāropya so v.a. auf den Heerd — , auf’s Feuer stellend. —
3) die gipfelförmingen Blattknospen verschiedener Palmarten , Palmkohl. —
4) Kopf , Bez. einer best. Form , in der man sich Śiva denkt.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Mastakabhisheka, Mastakadi, Mastakajvara, Mastakakhya, Mastakalunga, Mastakam, Mastakamulaka, Mastakapatti, Mastakapindaka, Mastakarecana, Mastakashula, Mastakasneha, Mastakavadhi, Mastakavaghrana, Mastakodbhava.
Ends with (+22): Abhinnaparikarmashtaka, Amastaka, Anatamastaka, Apadamastaka, Apadatalamastaka, Astamastaka, Bhinnaparikarmashtaka, Chhinnamastaka, Chinnamastaka, Dadimashtaka, Dhautamastaka, Khalakarmashtaka, Krishnanamashtaka, Kukkutamastaka, Kutalamastaka, Locamastaka, Lochamastaka, Madhumastaka, Madhyamashtaka, Mayamastaka.
Full-text (+56): Mastakamulaka, Mastakasneha, Madhumastaka, Mastakakhya, Nirvanamastaka, Locamastaka, Kukkutamastaka, Amastaka, Mastika, Shrimastaka, Masta, Pitamastaka, Mastakam, Matthaya, Mastakajvara, Mastakashula, Mastakalunga, Mastakapindaka, Mastakodbhava, Astamastaka.
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Search found 17 books and stories containing Mastaka; (plurals include: Mastakas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.5.40 < [Chapter 5 - Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Entrance Into Mathurā]
Verse 5.8.7 < [Chapter 8 - The Killing of Kaṃsa]
Verse 2.11.11 < [Chapter 11 - The Liberation of Dhenukāsura]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.1.63 < [Chapter 1 - Bhauma (the earthly plane)]
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Head Ornaments (mastaka-bhushana) (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya (by Śrī Gunaraja Khan)
Chapter 6 - Prayers by the Wives of Kāliya-nāga (Dhānasi-rāga)
Chapter 5 - Kuvera's Two Sons Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa (Vibhāṣā-rāga)
Chapter 9 - Description of the Lord's Four-armed Form (Hillola-rāga)
Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
Jaina Antiquities at Basulei Thakurani, Sitalesvara < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Structural Architecture < [Chapter 4]
Monoliths (chaumukha/chaturmukha shrines) < [Chapter 4]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.16.193 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]
Verse 2.23.53 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Verse 3.5.644 < [Chapter 5 - The Pastimes of Nityānanda]