AmuKa · āmukha 1 · āmukha 2
āmukha , adj. , (presenting itself) before oneʼs face; present, at hand : Jm 92.24 mṛtyor mukham ivāmukham (… vaḍabāmukham); Bhad 58 āmukhi ( m.c. for °khe; one ms. °kha) sarvi bhaveyu samagrāḥ, may they all be present (to me; āmukhi prob. loc. sg. , adverbial, rather than n. pl. with pronominal ending); Gv 54.20 ( vs ) māramaṇḍalaraṇasmi āmukhe ( loc. abs. ), when the battle … is at hand ; Bbh 14.13 -saddharmāntardhānim āmukhām upagatāṃ paśyati; Bbh 251.1 (bhayabhairavair) āmukhaiḥ. Cf. the following items, and s.v. poṣadha .
(nt, nt, from mukha) beginning; commencement; outset; entrance Construction: ā + mukha
(adj, adj, in comps, from mukha) being the beginning (of); causing the commencement (of); acting at the outset (to) Construction: ā + mukha