ajamukha

Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 25, col. 1.

ajamukha Bahuvr. I. m. f. n. (-khaḥ-khī-kham) Goat-faced,

having a face like that of a goat.

II. f. (-khī) The name of a female fiend. E. aja and mukha.

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

☞ p. 9, col. 3.

aja—mukha mfn. goat faced

Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

☞ vol. 1, p. 69.

ajamukha (1. aja + mukha)

1) adj. ein Bocksgesicht habend.

— 2) f. ī N. pr. eine Rākṣasī R. 5, 25, 49. 50.

Vācaspatyam

☞ p. 89, col. 2.

ajamukha pu0 ajasya meṣasya mukhameva mukhatvena kalpitamasya .
dakṣe prajāpatau, tasya hi śivadveṣe mukhena śivanindākaraṇāt
dakṣayajñe śivājñayā vīrabhadreṇa tasyotpāṭane kṛte paścāt
śivaprasādane punarutpādanāya vīrabhadre niyojite ajamukhe-
naiva tanmukhaṃ kalpitaṃ tacca kāśīkhaṇḍe vivṛtaṃ yathā . “vīra-
bhadro'pi tat sarvvaṃ sarvvājñāṃ pratipadya ca . vinā dakṣasya
vadanaṃ yathāpūrvvamakalpapayat . īśvaraṃ ye hi nindanti te
mūkāḥ paśavo dhruvam tato meṣamukhaṃ dakṣaṃ vīrabhadro'vyakalpa
yaditi” .

Puranic Encyclopedia

☞ p. 20, col. 2.

AJAMUKHA (AJAVAKTRA). He was one of the

soldiers in Skanda's army. (M.B., Śalya Parva, Chapter

45, Verse 75). In the battle between Skanda and the

Asuras, Ajamukha killed the Asura, Madhu. (Skanda

Purāṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa).