mUrDan m. [ muhyaMtyasminnAhate iti mUrDA , cf. Uṇ. 1. 156 ] 1 The forehead, brow. 2 The head in general; natena mUrDnA hariragrahIdapaH Śi. 1. 18 ; R. 16. 81 ; nEsargikI suraBiRaH kusumasya sidDA mUrDni sTitirna caraREravatAqanAni U. 1. 14 ; Ku. 3. 22. 3 The highest or most prominent part, top, summit, peak, head; atizWanmanujeMdrARAM mUrDni devapatiryaTA Mb. ‘stood at the head of all kings’ &c.; BUmyAM parvatamUrDani ; Ś. 5. 7 ; Me. 17. 4 (Hence) A leader, head, chief, foremost, prominent. 5 Front, van, forepart; sa kila saMyugamUrDni sahAyatAM maGavataH pratipadya mahAraTaH R. 9. 19. 6 (In geom.) The base. Comp. — aMtaH the crown of the head. — aBizikta a. f. consecrated, crowned, inaugurated; R. 16. 81. 2 common, stock (as an instance); utkftyotkftya kfttiM iti bIBatsasya mUrDABiziktamudAharaRam . — (ktaH) 1 a consecrated king. 2 a man of the Kṣatriya caste. 3 a minister. 4 = mUrDAvasikta (1) q. v. — aBizekaH censecration, inauguration. — avasiktaH 1 N. of a particular mixed tribe sprung from a Brāhmaṇa father and Kṣatriya mother. 2 a consecrated king. — karRI, -karparI f. an umbrella. — jaH 1 the hair (of the head); paryAkulA mUrDajAH Ś. 1. 30 ; vilalApa vikIrRamUrDajA Ku. 4. 4 ‘she tore her hair for grief’. 2 the mane. — jyotis n. ( pb ) see brahmaraMDra or mudrAmArga . — piMqaH a lump upon the head (of an elephant in rut). — puzpaH the Śirīṣa tree. — rasaH the scum of boiled rice. — vezwanaM a turban, diadem.