pramuKa a. 1 Facing, turning the face towards. 2 Chief, principal, foremost, first. 3 Respectable, honourable,. 4 (At the end of comp. ) ( a ) Headed by, having as chief or at the head; vAsukipramuKAH Ku. 2. 38. ( b ) Accompanied with; prItipramuKavacanaM svAgataM vyAjahAra Me. 4. — KaH 1 A respectable man. 2 A heap, multitude. 3 The tree called Punnāga. — KaM 1 The mouth 2 The beginning of a chapter or section. 3 The time being, the present. ( pramuKatas and pramuKe are used ( pb ) adverbially in the sense of ‘in front of’, ‘before’ ‘opposite to’; Bg. 1. 25 ; Ś. 7. 22 ).