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    adhomukha

    See also adhomukhaḥ.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 24.
    adhomukha mfn. (-khaḥ-khā-khī-khaṃ)

    1 Down-looked, looking downwards.

    2 Inverted, turned upside down.

    3 Headlong. f. (-khā) A plant, (Premna esculenta.)

    E. adhas, and mukha the face.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 19, col. 2.
    adho_mukha (khaḥ-khā-khī-khaṃ) a. Down-
    looked, downcast. f. A plant.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 59, col. 2.
    adhomukha Bahuvr. I. m. f. n. (-khaḥ-khā or khī-kham) 1 Downlooked,

    looking downwards. 2 Inverted, turned upside down, headlong.

    II. m. (-khaḥ) A name of Viṣṇu.

    III. f. (-khā) A plant (Premna esculenta). See gojihvā.

    IV. n. (-kham) A division of Naraka or hell. See adhaḥśiras.

    E. adhas and mukha; in the fem. with aff. ṭāp or ṅīṣ.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 14.
    adhomukha f. ī looking or turned (lit. h. the face turned) downwards.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 20, col. 2.
    adho-mukha mf(ā [Śiś.] or ī)n. having the face downwards
    ☞ p. 20, col. 2.
    headlong
    ☞ p. 20, col. 2.
    upside down
    ☞ p. 20, col. 2.
    adho-mukha m. Viṣṇu
    ☞ p. 20, col. 2.
    a division of hell, VP.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 20, col. 1.
    adhomukha

    mfn. (-kha-khā-khī-khaṃ)

    1. Down-looked, looking downwards.

    2.
    Inverted, turned upside down.

    3. Headlong.

    f. (-khā) A plant,
    (Premna esculenta.)

    E. adhas, and mukha the face.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 18, col. 2.
    adhomukha adhomukha a. qui baisse la tête.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 156.
    adhomukha (adhas + mukha)

    1) adj. f. ī .

    a) mit nach unten gerichtetem Gesicht AK. 3, 1, 33. H. 457. N. 9, 15. ŚĀK. 15, 9.

    — b) nach unten gerichtet: adhomukhamukhī R. 5, 26, 20. 6, 7, 12. adhomukhī tadā dṛṣṭirgacchatā vihitā mayā 5, 56, 54. ūrdhvādhomukhakūrcakau H. 750. adhomukhairūrdhvamukhaiśca patribhiḥ (Pfeile) RAGH. 3, 57.

    — 2) m. ein Beiname Viṣṇu's H. ś. 73.

    — 3) f. °khā N. einer Pflanze, = gojihvā RĀJAN. im ŚKDR. nach WILS. Premna esculenta.

    — 4) n. N. einer Hölle VP. 207. 208; vgl. adhaḥśiras .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 35, col. 3.
    adhomukha

    — 1) Adj. (f. ī)

    — a) mit nach unten gerichtetem Gesicht 65,17. 27.

    — b) nach unten gerichtet 99,8. 317,7. zu Spr. 1519.

    — 2) m.

    — a) eine best. Hölle VP. 2,6,17.

    — b) *Bein. Viṣṇu's.

    — 3) *f. ā eine best. Pflanze , = gojihvā

    — 4) *f. ī ein best. Vogel GAL.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 10, col. 1.
    adhomukha f. ī (ā) (mit dem Gesicht) nach unten gerichtet, niedergeschlagen.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 25, col. 3.
    adhomukha 1. f. ā Śiś. 10, 17.
    ☞ p. 382, col. 2.
    adhomukha °Subst. n. gesenktes Antlitz, Daśar. IV, 24b.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 8, col. 1.
    adhomukha (BAH. ex adhas et mukha n.) deorsum os habens,

    demisso ore. N. 9. 15.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 45.
    adhomukha;
    utpaśyamunmukhaṃ vidyānnyubjaṃ vidyādadhomukham .. 385 ..
    2.1.1.385

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 137, col. 2.
    adhomukha tri0 adho mukhaṃ yasya ba0 . jyotiṣa-
    śāstre prasiddheṣu nakṣatrabhedeṣu . yathā “mūlāśleṣā kṛttikā
    ca viśākhā bharaṇī tathā . maghā pūrvvātrayaṃ caiva adhomukha-
    gaṇaḥ smṛta” iti . gojihvākhyavṛkṣe (anantamūla)
    avāṅmukhe striyāṃ vā ṅīṣ . “stabdhadṛṣṭiradhomukha” iti
    “adhomukhairūrddhamukhaiśca patribhiḥ” iti raghuḥ . mudrā-
    bhede ca tatsvarūpaṃ mudrāśabde vakṣyate .

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 47.
    Adhomukha — see Adhaśśiras.

    Br. IV. 2. 163.