Mattha [cp. Vedic masta(ka) skull, head, Vedic mastiṣka brains; perhaps to Lat. mentum chin, Cymr. mant jawbone; indirectly also to Lat. mons mountain] the head, etc. Only in cpd. mattha -- lunga [cp. Sk. mastulunga] the brain Vin i.274; Sn 199; Kh iii.; J i.493; KhA 60; Vism 260 (in detail) 264, 359; VbhA 63, 243, 249; DhA ii.68; PvA 78, 80. -- See also matthaka.