As a deity name
Name 294 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
मुख्य · adj
मुखसंबंधी · सब में बड़ा । ऊपर या आगे रहनेवाला · प्रधान । श्रेष्ठ — Śabdasāgara
मुख्य · noun · masculine
यज्ञ का पहला कल्प · वेद का अध्ययन और अध्यापन · अमांत मास — Śabdasāgara
मुख्य · mukhya · adj.
Of or belonging to the mouth or face; coming from the mouth, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1060
मुख्य
chief; main, principal; leading
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मुख्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मुख्य (mukhya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mukhya mf(ā)n. being in or coming from or belonging to the mouth or face, AV. &c. &c.
being at the head or at the beginning, first, principal, chief, eminent (ifc. = the first or best or chief among, rarely = mukha or ādi, q.v.), TS. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an essential rite
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mukhya" is the vocative of "mukhyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
mukhya mf(ā)n. being in or coming from or belonging to the mouth or face, AV. &c. &c.
being at the head or at the beginning, first, principal, chief, eminent (ifc. = the first or best or chief among, rarely = mukha or ādi, q.v.), TS. &c. &c.
mukhya m. a leader, guide, Kām.
N. of a tutelary deity (presiding over one of the 81 or 63 divisions or Padas of an astrological house), VarBṛS.; Hcat.
pl. a class of gods under Manu Sāvarṇi, Pur.
mukhyā (ā),f. N. of the residence of Varuṇa, VP.
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