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Entry शिखिन्

शिखिन्śikhina.Pointed.
[शिखा अस्त्यस्य इनि]
1. Pointed.
2. Crested, tufted; एकवस्त्रधरो धन्वी शिखी कनकमालया Rām.3.38.14.
3. One who has reached the summit of knowledge.
4. Proud. -Masculine
5. A peacock; उष्णालुः शिशिरे निषीदति तरोर्मूलालवाले शिखी V.2.23;4.8; Pt.1.151; Śi.4.5.
6. Fire; रिपुरिव सखीसंवासोऽयं शिखीव हिमानिलः Gīt.7; न श्वेतभावमुञ्झति शङ्खः शिखिभुक्तमुक्तोऽपि Pt.4.11; R.19.54; Śi.15.7.
7. A cock.
8. An arrow.
9. A tree.
10. A lamp.
11. A bull.
12. A horse.
13. A mountain.
14. A Brāhmaṇa.
15. A religious mendicant.
16. Name of Ketu.
17. The number 'three'.
18. The Chitraka tree.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कणः a spark.
- -कण्ठम्, -ग्रीवम् blue vitriol; तार्क्ष्यशैलं शिखिग्रीवं चक्षुष्यं यामुनं पुनः Śiva B.3.18.
- -दिश् south-east.
- -ध्वजः
  
  an epithet of Kārtikeya.
  
  smoke.
- -पिच्छम्, -पुच्छम् a peacock's tail.
- -प्रियः a kind of jujube tree.
- -भूः Name of Skanda.
- -मोदा a kind of plant (अजमोदा).
- -मृत्युः the god of love (मदन); Gīrvāṇa.
- -यूपः an antelope.
- -वर्धकः a gourd.
- -वाहनः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
- -शिखा
  
  a flame.
  
  a peacock's crest.
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