Pamukha1 (adj.) [pa+mukha, cp. late Sk. pramukha] lit. "in front of the face," fore -- part, first, foremost, chief, prominent S i.234, 235; Sn 791 (v. l. BB and Nd1 92 for pamuñca); J v.5, 169. loc. pamukhe as adv. or prep. "before" S i.227 (asurindassa p.; v. l. sammukhe); Vism 120. As -- ˚ having as chief, headed by, with NN at the head D ii.97; S i.79 (Pasenadi˚ rājāno); PvA 74 (setacchatta˚ rājakakudhabhaṇḍa); freq. in phrase Buddha˚ bhikkhusangha, e. g. Vini.213; Sn p. 111; PvA 19, 20. Cp. pāmokkha.

Pamukha2 (nt.) [identical with pamukha1, lit. "in front of the face," i. e. frontside, front] 1. eyebrow (?) only in phrase alāra˚ with thick eyebrows or lashes Jvi.503 (but expld by C. as "visāl' akkhigaṇḍa); PvA 189 (for aḷāra -- pamha Pv iii.35). Perhaps we should read pakhuma instead.