Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

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 शिखिन्

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Apte Dictionary

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

शिखिन्śikhina.Pointed.
[शिखा अस्त्यस्य इनि]
1. Pointed.
2. Crested, tufted; एकवस्त्रधरो धन्वी शिखी कनकमालया Rām.3.38.14.
3. One who has reached the summit of knowledge.
4. Proud. -Masculine
5. A peacock; उष्णालुः शिशिरे निषीदति तरोर्मूलालवाले शिखी V.2.23;4.8; Pt.1.151; Śi.4.5.
6. Fire; रिपुरिव सखीसंवासोऽयं शिखीव हिमानिलः Gīt.7; न श्वेतभावमुञ्झति शङ्खः शिखिभुक्तमुक्तोऽपि Pt.4.11; R.19.54; Śi.15.7.
7. A cock.
8. An arrow.
9. A tree.
10. A lamp.
11. A bull.
12. A horse.
13. A mountain.
14. A Brāhmaṇa.
15. A religious mendicant.
16. Name of Ketu.
17. The number 'three'.
18. The Chitraka tree.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कणः a spark.
- -कण्ठम्, -ग्रीवम् blue vitriol; तार्क्ष्यशैलं शिखिग्रीवं चक्षुष्यं यामुनं पुनः Śiva B.3.18.
- -दिश् south-east.
- -ध्वजः
  
  an epithet of Kārtikeya.
  
  smoke.
- -पिच्छम्, -पुच्छम् a peacock's tail.
- -प्रियः a kind of jujube tree.
- -भूः Name of Skanda.
- -मोदा a kind of plant (अजमोदा).
- -मृत्युः the god of love (मदन); Gīrvāṇa.
- -यूपः an antelope.
- -वर्धकः a gourd.
- -वाहनः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
- -शिखा
  
  a flame.
  
  a peacock's crest.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शिखिन्śikhinmfn. having a tuft or lock of hair on the top of the head Gaut. MBh. &c.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a tuft or lock of hair on the top of the head Gaut. MBh. etc.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who has reached the summit of knowledge BrahmUp.
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective proud MW.
4. masculine gender a peacock RPra1t. Ya1jn5. MBh. etc.
5. masculine gender a cock Lexicographers
6. masculine gender Ardea Nivea (a kind of heron or crane) Lexicographers
7. masculine gender a bull Lexicographers
8. masculine gender a horse Lexicographers
9. masculine gender "having flame", fire or the fire-god Gr2ihya1s. Ya1jn5. MBh. etc.
10. masculine gender the number "three" (from the three sacred fires) VarBr2S.
11. masculine gender a lamp Lexicographers
12. masculine gender a comet VarBr2S.
13. masculine gender Name of Ketu केतु (the personified descending node) VP.
14. masculine gender a mountain Lexicographers
15. masculine gender a tree Lexicographers
16. masculine gender Carpopogon Pruriens Lexicographers
17. masculine gender Trigonella Foenum Graecum Lexicographers
18. masculine gender a kind of potherb (Equivalent to सिता*वर) Lexicographers
19. masculine gender an arrow Lexicographers
20. masculine gender a Bra1hman Brahman Lexicographers
21. masculine gender a religious mendicant W.
22. masculine gender Name of a serpent-demon MBh.
23. masculine gender of Indra इन्द्र under Manu मनु Ta1masa तामस Pur.
24. masculine gender of the second Buddhi बुद्धि Lalit. Ka1ran2d2. (confer, compare MWB. 136 neuter gender 1; 516)
25. masculine gender of a Brahma1 ब्रह्मा (with Buddhists Buddhists) Lalit.
26. masculine gender cock's comb, Celosia Cristata Lexicographers
27. (AV.).
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

शिखिन्śikhin[sikh-ín] a. wearing a tuft of hair (V., C.); m. (C.) peacock (crested); fire; Agni; comet (rare).

[sikh-ín] adjective wearing a tuft of hair (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); masculine (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit) peacock (crested); fire; Agni; comet (rare).

Source: Macdonell

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