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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 141, col. 1.
    anyatomukha Bahuvr. m. (-khaḥ) (ved.) Having the face only

    in one place; opposed to sarvatomukha or (the sacrificer) who

    by shaving off his hairs, makes his scull, through its bald-

    ness, resemble the face and thus becomes as it were ‘face

    all over’ (according to the comm. of Sāyaṇa on Śatapa-

    thabr. II. 6. 3. 16, which unmutilated runs thus: ayaṃśabda-

    stvarthe . ayaṃ tu puruṣo yajamāno'nyatomukhaḥ . anyaśabda ekaśa-

    bdaparyāyaḥ . anyata ekatra sthitameva mukhaṃ yasya sa tathoktaḥ . tasya

    sarvatomukhatvasaṃpattimāha . sa etaditi . yadyasmātparitaḥ śiro

    vartayate keśānvāpayati . etat . etena . alomakatvasāmyācchi-

    rasaḥ prāntadeśā api mukhamiva bhavantīti sa yajamānaḥ sarvato-

    mukho bhavati ..). E. anyatas and mukha.

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

    p. 1313, col. 2.
    anyato—mukha a (anyáto-), mfn. hiving a face only on one side, ŚBr.
    p. 1313, col. 2.
    anyato—mukha b (anyáto-), mfn. hiving a face only on one side, ŚBr.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 66, col. 3.
    anyátomukha Adj. nur auf einer Seite ein Gesicht habend.