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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 शिखण्डी

  1. शिखण्डीśikhaṇḍīA lock on the crown of the head.

    A lock on the crown of the head.

    In the Gita1·17

    काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः ।

    kāśyaśca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ — And Kashya of the great bow, and Shikhandi of the great prowess, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata and Satyaki blew their respective conchs. 1·17
    • शिखण्डीśikhaṇḍīnominative singular of the masculine noun śikhaṇḍin (Shikhandi, the elder son of king Drupada).
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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