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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शिखाśikhāA lock of hair left on the crown of the head; शिखां मोक्तुं बद्धामपि पुनरयं धावति करः Mu.3.3; Śi.4.5; Māl.1.…
[शी-खक् तस्य नेत्वम् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; Uṇ.5.24]
1. A lock of hair left on the crown of the head; शिखां मोक्तुं बद्धामपि पुनरयं धावति करः Mu.3.3; Śi.4.5; Māl.1. 6; the hair of the head; आसिञ्चदम्ब वत्सेति नेत्रोदैर्दुहितुः शिखाः Bhāg.3.22.25.
2. A crest, top-knot.
3. Tuft, plume.
4. Top, summit, peak; अधिरुह्य पुष्पभरनम्नशिखैः परितः परिष्कृततलां तरुभिः Ki.6.17.
5. Sharp end, edge, point or end in general; ईषदीषच्चुम्बितानि भ्रमरैः सुकुमार- केसरशिखानि Ś.1.4; Bv.1.2.
6. The end of a garment; तोयाधारपथाश्च वल्कलशिखानिष्यन्दरेखाङ्किताः Ś.1.14.
7. A flame; प्रभामहत्या शिखयेव दीपः Ku.1.28; R.17.34; Ki.16.53.
8. A ray of light; ज्वलन्मणिशिखाश्चैनं वासुकि- प्रमुखा निशि Ku.2.38.
9. A peacock's crest or comb.
10. A fibrous root.
11. A branch in general, especially one taking root.
12. The head or chief or anything.
13. The fever of love.
14. The point of the foot.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कन्दम् a kind of turnip.
- -तरुः a lamp-stand.
- -दामन् Neuter a garland worn on the top of the head.
- -धर
  
  Adjective pointed, crested.
  
  (रः) a peacock.
  
  a Jaina deified saint. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedजम् a peacock's feather; न नानुकम्प्य विशिखाः शिखाधरजवाससः Ki.15.42.
- -धारः a peacock.
- -पित्तम् inflammation in the extremities (as in fingers).
- -बन्धः a tuft of hair.
- -मणिः a crest-jewel.
- -मूलम्
  
  a carrot.
  
  a root having a tuft of leaves.
  
  a turnip.
- -वरः the jack-fruit tree.
- -वल Adjective pointed, crested. (-लः) a peacock; घनाघनघटालोकलीलाशालशिखावलः Śiva B.26.51.
- -वृक्षः a lamp-stand.
- -वृद्धिः Feminine a kind of usurious interest daily increasing.
- -सूत्रम् the lock of hair on the head (Marâthî शेंडी) and the sacred thread (Marâthî जानवें), the distinguishing marks of a Brāhmaṇa.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

शिखाśikhā[síkhâ] f. lock or tuft of hair (Br., S., C.); peacock's crest (rare); flame; ray (rare); point, tip, top…

[síkhâ] feminine; also equal for lock or tuft of hair (Brâhmana, Sûtra, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); peacock's crest (rare); flame; ray (rare); point, tip, top; border (of a garment); daily interest (Equivalent to-vriddhi): -gata, adjective having a top-knot of a single lock (the rest of the head being shaved); -dâman, neuter wreath worn on the crown; - ͜ âbharana, neuter crest ornament, diadem; -mani, masculine crest jewel: --˚ Equivalent topearl or crown of; -munda, adjective shaven with the exception of a single tuft; -vat, adjective flaming, burning; pointed; -vriddhi, feminine; also equal for interest growing like a tuft of hair, daily interest.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शिखाśikhāf. see below
1. feminine see below
2. feminine (of doubtful derivation; probably connected with √1. शि, "to sharpen") a tuft or lock of hair on the crown of the head, a crest, topknot, plume S3Br. etc.
3. feminine a peacock's crest or comb MBh. Hariv. etc.
4. feminine a pointed flame, any flame ibidem
5. feminine a ray of light Kum. Katha1s.
6. feminine a sharp end, point, spike, peak, summit, pinnacle, projection, end or point (in general) MaitrUp. Ka1v. VarBr2S.
7. feminine the end or point or border of a garment S3ak.
8. feminine the point or tip of the foot Lexicographers
9. feminine the nipple Lexicographers
10. feminine a branch which takes root, any branch Lexicographers
11. feminine a fibrous root, any root Lexicographers
12. feminine the plant Jussiaea Repens Lexicographers
13. feminine the head or chief or best of a class Lexicographers
14. feminine the fever or excitement of love Lexicographers
15. feminine a particular part of a verse or formula (the crest of the verse compared to a king) Ra1matUp.
16. feminine Equivalent to शिख-वृद्धि Gaut.
17. feminine Name of various metres Col.
18. feminine of a river (probably wrong reading for शिखी) VP.
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अग्निशिखाagniśikhāf. a flame S3Br. &c., the plants Gloriosa Superba and Menispermum Cordifolium .

feminine a flame S3Br. etc., the plants Gloriosa Superba and Menispermum Cordifolium .

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अथर्वशिखाatharvaśikhāf. N. of an Upanishad उपनिषद् .

feminine Name of an Upanishad उपनिषद् .

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केकिशिखाkekiśikhāf. (= मयूर-श्˚), N. of a shrub L.

feminine (Equivalent to मयूर-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied), Name of a shrub Lexicographers

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क्रमशिखाkramaśikhāf. a kind of Krama-pa1t2ha क्रम-पाठ .

feminine a kind of Krama-pa1t2ha क्रम-पाठ .

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दीपशिखाdīpaśikhāf. the flame of a l lamp-foe Katha1s. xviii, 77
1. feminine the flame of a l lamp-foe Katha1s. xviii, 77
2. feminine the point of a shining body, Li1l. 95
3. feminine l lamp-black, soot Lexicographers
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धूमशिखाdhūmaśikhāf. = -राजि AV. Ven2is.
1. feminine Equivalent to -राजि AV. Ven2is.
2. feminine fee, salary, reward Vas.
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नन्दिशिखाnandiśikhāf. N. of wk.

feminine Name of work

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