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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for शिखण्ड

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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.

    Source: Apte

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
    Source: Monier-Williams

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.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · शिखण्ड

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