nandImuKA
nandī-mukhā, °khī , adj. ( cf. AMg. nandi, the sound of a particular drum , Ratnach. ), with rajanī or rātrī (= Pali nandimukhī), (the time at the end of night) just [Page290-b] before the beating of the (morning) drum , i.e. , substantially, dawn ; so Tib. on LV , rṅa brduṅ baḥi ( of beating the drum ) nam tshod tsam na ( at the point of time of the night ), for °khyāṃ rātrau; in phrase, rātryāṃ paścime yāme aruṇodghāṭanakālasamaye °khyāṃ rātrau LV 345.20 ; 350.9 ; nearly the same, but °mukhāyāṃ rajanyāṃ, Mv i.229.6 ; ii.133.7 ; 284.16 ; 415.18 ; in Pali , … pacchime yāme uddhate aruṇe nandimukhiyā rattiyā Vin. i.288.12 ; ii.236.15 ( comm. has an absurd etymological attempt to explain nandimukhī, 1287.1—2 ).