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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शाखाśākhā1 A branch (as of a tree); आवर्ज्य शाखाः R. 16.19.
    1. 1 A branch (as of a tree); आवर्ज्य शाखाः R. 16.19.
    2. An arm.
    3. A party, section, faction.
    4. A part of subdivision of a work.
    5. A school, branch, sect.
    6. A part or division of an animal.
    7. A school or traditional recension of the Veda, the traditional text followed by a school; as in शाखलशाखा, आश्वलायनशाखा, बाष्कलशाखा etc.
    8. A branch of any science.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अध्येतृ a follower of any particular text of the Veda.

    • -अन्तग Adjective one who has finished one शाखा; Ms.3.145.

    • -चङ्क्रमणम् 'leaping from branch to branch', irregular study.

    • -चन्द्रन्यायः see under न्याय.

    • -नगरम्, -पुरम् a suburb; प्रवेशयेच्च तान् सर्वान् शाखानगरकेष्वपि.

    • -पित्तम् inflammation of the extremities of the body, Exempli gratia, for example hands, shoulders etc.

    • -बाहुः a branch-like arm.

    • -भृत् Masculine a tree.

    • -भेदः

      1. difference of (Vedic) school. मृगः a monkey, an ape; एतां दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियो मेऽन्या यथा शाखामृगस्त्रियः Mb.3.267. 3.
      2. a squirrel.

    • -रण्डः 'a traitor to his Śākhā', a Brāhmaṇa who has changed his own school of the Vedas.

    • -रथ्या a branch-road.

    • -वातः pain in the limbs.

    • -विलीन Adjective sitting on branches (as a bird).

    • -शिफा a root growing from a branch (as of the fig-tree).

    In the Gita15·2

    अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा

    adhaścordhvaṁ prasṛtāstasya śākhā — The branches of this cosmic tree extend both below and above (below in the material, above in the supraphysical planes), they grow by the gunas of… 15·2
    • शाखाःśākhāḥnominative plural of the feminine noun śākhā (a branch).
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  2. उपशाखाupaśākhāA secondary branch, title branch; यथा तरोर्मूलनिषेचनेन तृप्यन्ति तत्स्कन्धभुजोपशाखाः Bhāg.4.31.14.

    A secondary branch, title branch; यथा तरोर्मूलनिषेचनेन तृप्यन्ति तत्स्कन्धभुजोपशाखाः Bhāg.4.31.14.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शाखाśākhā[sấkhâ] f. (--˚ a. â, î) branch (V., C.); extremity, limb, arm (C., rare); finger (V., very rare); species…

    [sấkhâ] feminine; also equal for (--˚ adjective â, î) branch (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); extremity, limb, arm (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, rare); finger (Veda, Vedic, very rare); species, subdivision (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, rare); branch of the Veda, Vedic school (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शाखाśākhāf. see next.
    1. feminine see next.
    2. feminine (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ or ई).) a branch (literally and figuratively) fg-veda etc.
    3. feminine a limb of the body, arm or leg Sus3r.
    4. feminine a finger Naigh. ii, 5
    5. feminine the surface of the body Car.
    6. feminine a door-post VarBr2S. (confer, compare द्वार-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    7. feminine the wing of a building Ma1rkP.
    8. feminine a division, subdivision MBh. BhP.
    9. feminine the third part of an astrological Sam2hita1 संहिता (also 714957 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedखा-स्कन्ध, masculine gender) VarBr2S.
    10. feminine a branch or school of the Veda वेद (each school adhering to its own traditional text and interpretation; in the Caran2a-vyu1ha चरण-व्यूह, a work by S3aunaka शौनक treating of these various schools, five S3a1kha1s शाखा s are enumerated of the R2ig ऋग् - veda वेद, viz. those of the S3a1kalas शाकल s, Ba1shkalas बाष्कल s, A1s3vala1yanas आश्वलायन s, S3a1n3kha1yanas शाङ्खायन s, and Ma1n2d2uka1yanas माण्डुकायन s; forty-two or forty-four out of eighty-six of the Yajur-veda यजुर्-वेद, fifteen of which belong to the Va1jasaneyins वाजसनेयिन् s, including those of the Ka1n2vas काण्व s and Ma1dhyam2dinas माध्यंदिन s; twelve out of a thousand said to have once existed of the Sa1ma-veda साम-वेद and nine of the Atharva अथर्व - veda वेद; of all these, however, the R2ig ऋग् - veda वेद is said to be now extant in one only, viz. the S3a1kala-s3a1kha1 शाकल-शाखा, the Yajur-veda यजुर्-वेद in five and partially in six, the Sa1ma-veda साम-वेद in one or perhaps two, and the Atharva अथर्व - veda वेद in one: although the words चरण and शाखा are sometimes used synonymously, yet चरण properly applies to the sect or collection of persons united in one school, and शाखा to the traditional text followed, as in the phrase शाखाम् अधीते, he recites a particular version of the Veda वेद) Pra1t. Mn. MBh. etc.
    11. feminine a branch of any science Car.
    12. feminine a year S3ri1kan2t2h.
    13. feminine Equivalent to पक्षा*न्तर Lexicographers
    14. feminine Equivalent to अन्तिक Lexicographers
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  2. अन्यशाखास्थanyaśākhāsthamfn. one who studies in another S3a1kha1 शाखा, L.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who studies in another S3a1kha1 शाखा, Lexicographers

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  3. अशाखाaśākhāf. N. of a grass L.

    feminine Name of a grass Lexicographers

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  4. अश्वत्थशाखाaśvatthaśākhāf. a branch of the holy fig-tree, MaitrS.

    feminine a branch of the holy fig-tree, MaitrS.

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  5. आश्वलायनशाखाāśvalāyanaśākhāf. the school of A1s3vala1yana आश्वलायन . (527806 ˚खिन् mfn. belonging to the school of A1s3vala1yana आश्वलायन…

    feminine the school of A1s3vala1yana आश्वलायन . (527806 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedखिन् masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging to the school of A1s3vala1yana आश्वलायन .)

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  6. उपशाखाupaśākhāf. a smaller branch of a tree, little branch BhP. iv, 31, 14 Sa1y.

    feminine a smaller branch of a tree, little branch BhP. iv, 31, 14 Sa1y.

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  7. कठशाखाkaṭhaśākhāf. the Kat2ha कठ branch of the Yajur-veda यजुर्-वेद .

    feminine the Kat2ha कठ branch of the Yajur-veda यजुर्-वेद .

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