Muddha
Muddha,2 & Muddhā [Vedic mūrdhan,the P.word shows a mixture of a- and n- stem] the head; top,summit.‹-› m.sg.muddhā Sn.983,1026,& muddhaṁ Sn.989; acc muddhaṁ D.I,95; Sn.987 sq.,1004,1025; Dh.72 (=paññāy’etaṁ nāmaṁ DhA.II,73); & muddhānaṁ M.I,243; III,259=S.IV,56; Instr.muddhanā Mhvs 19,30; Loc.muddhani Sn.689,987; M.I,168; Vism.262; Mhvs 36,66,in meaning “on the top of (a mountain)”:Vin.I,5 (here spelt pabbata-muddhini)=S.I,137; J.IV,265 (Yugandhara°); Pv.II,961 (Naga°=Sineru° PvA.138); Vism.304 (vammika° on top of an ant-hill).-- Freq.in phrase muddhā (me,or no,or te) sattadhā phaleyya,as an oath or exclamn of desecration or warning:“(your) head shall split into 7 pieces,” intrs.spelt both phal° & phāl° at J.V,92 (te s.phal°); Miln.157; DhA.I,17 (me ...phāl°),41 (te phalatu s.),42 (ācariyassa m.s.phalissati); IV,125 (no ...phāleyya); VvA.68 (me s.phal°).-- In compn muddha°.
--(n)aṭṭhi (muddhan-aṭṭhi) bone of the head KhA 51.--âdhipāta head-splitting,battering of the head Sn.988 sq.,1004,1025; --âdhipātin head-splitting (adj.) Sn.1026.--âra head (top) spoke KhA 172.--âvasitta “head-anointed” a properly anointed or crowned king D.III,60 sq.,69; Pug.56; Miln.234.--pāta=°âdhipāta.(Page 538)