mastaka | मस्तक | mastaka

mastaka | मस्तक | m. n. (Uṇ. iii, 148, Sch.) the head, skull, Mn.; MBh. &c.
the upper part of anything, top, summit (esp. of mountains or trees), ib. (˚kam | ˚कम् | ind. = on the top of, upon, e.g. cullī-mastakam | चुल्ली-मस्तकम् |, upon the hearth, Pañcat.)
the tuft of leaves which grows at the top of various species of palm trees, Suśr.
N. of a partic. form of Śiva, Sarvad.
masta | मस्त | and ˚taka | ˚तक |, masti | मस्ति | &c. See p. 793.

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