1. mürdhän-
mürdhän- n. Haupt, Kopf, Stirn, Gipfel, Spitze (RV +), dvi-, tri-mürdha- zwei-, dreiköpfig (Pän 5,4,115); mürdhanya- vorzüglichst (AVP +), maurdhndä- zur Stimm gehörig (Käth +; Sha 235). - Mi., nu., dard., ni., pkt. muddha-, muddhäna- m. Kopf, usw. (Tu 10247 [mit Verweisen]; TuAdd 804, 10247, s. auch o. 1 361). - Er, vgl. jav. ka-marada- n. "Kopf da&uuischer Wesen’ (Kompositionsform ir. *mRd*a- [- Pän mürdha-), mit … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. mürdhän-, p. 396]
2. mūrdhan
mūrdhan m. ( Uṇ. i, 158 ) the forehead, head in general, skull, ( fig. ) the highest or first part of anything, top, point, summit, front (of battle), commencement, beginning, first, chief (applied to persons), RV. &c., &c., (mūrdhni with √ vṛt &c., to be above everything, prevail; with √ dhṛ, or ādā = mūrdhnā √ 1. kṛ, to place on the head, hold in high honour)
3. mūrdhan
the base (in geom. ; opp. to agra; perhaps w.r. for budhna), Col.
4. mūrdhan
(in gram. ) the roof or top of the palate (as one of the 8 Sthāna s or places of utterance), Pāṇ. i, 1, 9 , Sch.