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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शिखण्डśikhaṇḍaA lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure.

    [शिखाममति अम्-ड् तस्य नेत्वम् Tv.]

    1. A lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure.
    2. A peacock's tail; केकाभिर्नीलकण्ठस्तिरयति वचनं ताण्डवादुच्छिखण्डः Māl.9.3.
    3. A crest; आलोकयति पयोदान् प्रबलपुरोवातताडितशिखण्डः V.4.8.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -खण्डिका the चूडाकरण ceremony; Hch.1.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शिखण्डśikhaṇḍa[sikhandá] m. tuft of hair; peacock's tail: -ka, m. id. (C.); i-ketu, m. ep. of Skanda.

    [sikhandá] masculine tuft of hair; peacock's tail: -ka, masculine the same (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); i-ketu, masculine epithet of Skanda.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शिखण्डśikhaṇḍam. (cf. शिखा) a tuft or lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure TS. S3Br. Das3.
    1. masculine gender (confer, compare शिखा) a tuft or lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure TS. S3Br. Das3.
    2. masculine gender any crest or plume or tuft MW.
    3. masculine gender a peacock's tail Vikr.
    4. masculine gender a kind of plant Lexicographers
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  2. काशिखण्डkāśikhaṇḍan. the section of the Skanda-pura1n2a स्कन्द-पुराण treating of Benares.

    neuter gender the section of the Skanda-pura1n2a स्कन्द-पुराण treating of Benares.

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  3. गृहशिखण्डिन्gṛhaśikhaṇḍinm. a peacock kept in a house Mr2icch. v, 1 Ka1vya7d. ii, 105.

    masculine gender a peacock kept in a house Mr2icch. v, 1 Ka1vya7d. ii, 105.

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  4. चतुःशिखण्डcatuḥśikhaṇḍa(च्/अत्˚) mf(आ)n. four-tufted TBr. i, iii (˚तुष्-कपर्द RV.)

    (च्/अत्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) mf(आ)neuter gender four-tufted TBr. i, iii (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedतुष्-कपर्द fg-veda)

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  5. चित्रशिखण्डधरcitraśikhaṇḍadharam. wearing various tufts of hair (Vishn2u विष्णु), Vishn2. iic, 65. =

    masculine gender wearing various tufts of hair (Vishn2u विष्णु), Vishn2. iic, 65. Equivalent to

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  6. चित्रशिखण्डिजcitraśikhaṇḍijam. "son of An3giras अङ्गिरस्", the planet Jupiter L.

    masculine gender "son of An3giras अङ्गिरस्", the planet Jupiter Lexicographers

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  7. चित्रशिखण्डिन्citraśikhaṇḍinm. pl. "bright-crested", the 7 R2ishis ऋषि s (Marici, Atri अत्रि, An3giras अङ्गिरस्, Pulastya पुलस्त्य, Pulaha…

    masculine gender plural "bright-crested", the 7 R2ishis ऋषि s (Marici, Atri अत्रि, An3giras अङ्गिरस्, Pulastya पुलस्त्य, Pulaha पुलह, Kratu क्रतु, Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ [MBh. xii Ba1lar. x, 98; Vis3va1-mitra विश्वा-मित्र, i, 27]) Ra1jat. i, 55

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  8. चित्रशिखण्डिप्रसूतcitraśikhaṇḍiprasūtam. id. L.

    masculine gender the same Lexicographers

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