Muddha2 & Muddhā [Vedic mūrdhan, the P. word shows a mixture of a -- and n -- stem] the head; top, summit. <-> m. sg. muddhā Sn 983, 1026, &muddhaŋ Sn 989; acc muddhaŋ D i.95; Sn 987 sq., 1004, 1025; Dh 72 (=paññāy' etaŋ nāmaŋ DhA ii.73); & muddhānaŋ M i.243; iii.259=S iv.56; instr.muddhanā Mhvs 19, 30; loc. muddhani Sn 689, 987; M i.168; Vism 262; Mhvs 36, 66, in meaning "on the top of (a mountain)": Vin i.5 (here spelt pabbata -- muddhini)=S i.137; J iv.265 (Yugandhara˚); Pv ii.961 (Naga˚=Sineru˚ PvA 138); Vism 304 (vammika˚ on top of an ant -- hill). -- Freq. in phrasemuddhā (me, or no, or te) sattadhā phaleyya, as an oath or exclamn of desecration or warning: "(your) head shall split into 7 pieces," intrs. spelt both phal˚ & phāl˚ at J v.92 (te s. phal˚); Miln 157; DhA i.17 (me . . . phāl˚), 41 (te phalatu s.), 42 (ācariyassa m. s. phalissati); iv.125 (no . . . phāleyya); VvA 68 (me s. phal˚). -- In compn muddha˚.   -- (n)aṭṭhi (muddhan -- aṭṭhi) bone of the head KhA 51. -- âdhipāta head -- splitting, battering of the head Sn 988 sq., 1004, 1025; -- âdhipātin head -- splitting (adj.) Sn 1026. -- âra head (top) spoke KhA 172. -- âvasitta "head -- anointed" a properly anointed or crowned king D iii.60 sq., 69; Pug 56; Miln 234. -- pāta=˚âdhipāta.