मख a. [मख् संज्ञायां घ] Ved. 1 Adorable, fit to be worshipped with oblations. -2 Lively, active, cheerful. -खः 1 A sacrificial rite; अकिंचनत्वं मखजं व्यनक्ति R.5.16; Ms.4.24; R.3.39. -2 A festival. -3 Worship; वैदिक- स्तान्त्रिको मिश्र इति मे त्रिविधो मखः Bhāg.11.27.7. -Comp. -अंशभाज् m. a god. -अग्निः, -अनलः sacrificial fire. -अन्नम् the seed of Euryale Ferox (कमलबीज). -असुहृद् m. an epithet of Śiva. -क्रिया a sacrificial rite. -त्रातृ m. an epithet of Rāma; घ्राणं पातु मखत्राता Rām. stotra 5. -द्विष् m. a demon, a Rākṣasa; तत्र यावधिपती मखद्विषां तौ शरव्यमकरोत् स नेतरान् R.11.27;3.45; U.5.4. -द्वेषिन् m. an epithet of Śiva. -प्रभुः m. the Soma plant. -मृगव्याधः an epithet of Śiva; मखमृगव्याधोत्तमाङ्गस्थल- स्थास्नु ...... N.22.14. -हन् n. an epithet 1 of Indra. -2 of Śiva.
a. vigorous, sprightly (V.); m. feast (V.); sacrifice: -dvish, m. foe of the sacrifice, demon, Râkshasa; -mathana, n. performance of the sacrifice; -maya, a. containing or representing the sacrifice;-vedî, f. place of sacrifice.
Appears to designate a person in two passages of the Rigveda, but in neither passage does the context explain who he was. Probably a demon of some kind is meant. In the later Samhitās mention is also made of the ‘head of Makha an expression which has become unintelligible to the Brāhmanas.
noun (masculine) (prob.) name of a mythical being (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a feast (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sacrifice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any occasion of joy or festivity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
festival (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sacrificial oblation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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