the head, etc. Only in cpd. mattha-luṅga [cp. Sk. mastulunga] the brain Vin.i.274; Snp.199; Kp iii.; Ja.i.493; Kp-a.60; Vism.260 (in detail), Vism.264, Vism.359; Vb-a.63, Vb-a.243, Vb-a.249; Dhp-a.ii.68; Pv-a.78, Pv-a.80
■ See also matthaka.

cp. Vedic masta(ka) skull, head, Vedic mastiṣka brains; perhaps to Lat. mentum chin, Cymr. mant jawbone; indirectly also to Lat. mons mountain