शाखाśākhā1 A branch (as of a tree); आवर्ज्य शाखाः R. 16.19.
- 1 A branch (as of a tree); आवर्ज्य शाखाः R. 16.19.
- An arm.
- A party, section, faction.
- A part of subdivision of a work.
- A school, branch, sect.
- A part or division of an animal.
- A school or traditional recension of the Veda, the traditional text followed by a school; as in शाखलशाखा, आश्वलायनशाखा, बाष्कलशाखा etc.
- A branch of any science.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अध्येतृ a follower of any particular text of the Veda.
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-अन्तग Adjective one who has finished one शाखा; Ms.3.145.
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-चङ्क्रमणम् 'leaping from branch to branch', irregular study.
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-चन्द्रन्यायः see under न्याय.
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-नगरम्, -पुरम् a suburb; प्रवेशयेच्च तान् सर्वान् शाखानगरकेष्वपि.
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-पित्तम् inflammation of the extremities of the body, Exempli gratia, for example hands, shoulders etc.
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-बाहुः a branch-like arm.
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-भृत् Masculine a tree.
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-भेदः
- difference of (Vedic) school. मृगः a monkey, an ape; एतां दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियो मेऽन्या यथा शाखामृगस्त्रियः Mb.3.267. 3.
- a squirrel.
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-रण्डः 'a traitor to his Śākhā', a Brāhmaṇa who has changed his own school of the Vedas.
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-रथ्या a branch-road.
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-वातः pain in the limbs.
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-विलीन Adjective sitting on branches (as a bird).
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-शिफा a root growing from a branch (as of the fig-tree).
Source: Apte