mUka a. [ mU-kak ] 1 Dumb, silent, mute, speechless: mUkaM karAti vAcAlaMH mUkAMqajaM (kAnanaM) Ku. 3. 42 ; saKAmayaM vIkzya vizAdamUkAM Gīt. 7 ; mUkIBUtaGaMwAsvarAsvaMtaH puradolAsu K. 97 ; mUkIBUtavIRA K. 132. 2 Poor, miserable, wretched. — kaH 1 A mute; mOnAnmUkaH H. 2. 26 v. l. ; Ms. 7. 149. 2 A poor or miserable man 3 A fish. Comp. — aMbA a form of Durgā. — BAvaH silence, muteness, dumb. ness (also mUkatA -tvaM in this sense).