मुख्य a. [मुखे आदौ भवः यत्]
1 Relating to the mouth or the face.
2 Chief, principal, foremost, first, preeminent, prominent; द्विजातिमुख्यः; वारमुख्या, योधमुख्याः &c.
−ख्यः A leader, guide.
−ख्यं
1 A principal rite or ordinance.
2 Reading or teaching the Vedas.
3 The month reckoned from new moon to new moon
−Comp.
−अर्थः the primary or original (as opp. गैण) meaning of a word.
−चांद्रः the chief lunar month. −नृपः, −नृपतिः a sovereign monarch, paramount sovereign.
−मंत्रिन् m. the prime minister.