नान्दीमुख m. (
-खः)
1. The lid or cover of a well.
2. The class of male progenitors to whom the Nāndi-mukha-shrāddha is addressed. f. (
-खी) A female ancestor sharing in the same.
n. (
-खं)
1. A speci- es of the Sarkari, metre.
2. A Shrāddha or funeral obsequies per- formed on joyous occasions, as initiation, marriage, &c. in which nine balls of meat are offered to the deceased father, paternal grandfather, and great grandfather; to the maternal grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather; and to the mother, paternal grandmother, and paternal great grandmother.
E. नान्दी good fortune,
मुख principal.