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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry शिखण्डक

  1. शिखण्डकśikhaṇḍakaA lock of hair left on the crown of the head at tonsure.

    [शिखण्ड इव-कन्]

    1. A lock of hair left on the crown of the head at tonsure.
    2. Locks or tufts of hair left on the sides of the head; (these are three or five in the case of the Kṣatriyas); कुवलयदलश्यामस्निग्धः शिखण्डकमण्डनः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4.19.
    3. A crest, tuft, plume.
    4. A peacock's tail.
    5. The fleshy part of the body below the buttocks.
    6. (With Śaivas) One who attains a particular degree of emancipation; also शिखण्डिक.
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Headwords under श

Part 5 of 10 शिक्ष् – शीघ्रीयAll parts
  1. श – शपित
  2. शप्त – शल्ल
  3. शल्लक – शाबरिका
  4. शाबल्यम् – शिक्यित
  5. शिक्ष् – शीघ्रीय
  6. शीघ्ऱ्यम् – शुषिर
  7. शुषिरा – शैवल
  8. शैवलिनी – श्येन
  9. श्यै – श्लीपदिन्
  10. श्लील – श्वैत्रम्