शिखा [शी-खक् तस्य नेत्वम् पृषो˚; 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. -1 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.
-Comp. -कन्दम् a kind of turnip. -तरुः a lamp-stand. -दामन् n. a garland worn on the top of the head. -धर a. pointed, crested. (-रः) 1 a peacock. -2 a Jaina deified saint. ˚जम् 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 1 a carrot. -2 a root having a tuft of leaves. -3 a turnip. -वरः the jack-fruit tree. -वल a. pointed, crested. (-लः) a peacock; घनाघनघटालोकलीलाशालशिखावलः Śiva B.26.51. -वृक्षः a lamp-stand. -वृद्धिः f. a kind of usurious interest daily increasing. -सूत्रम् the lock of hair on the head (Mar. शेंडी) and the sacred thread (Mar. जानवें), the distinguishing marks of a Brāhmaṇa.
विशिखा 1 A spade. -2 A spindle. -3 A needle or pin. -4 A minute arrow. -5 A highway; विशिखायां सौवर्णिकप्रचारः Kau. A.2; Śi.15.7. -6 A barber's wife. -7 A sick-room.
f. lock or tuft of hair (Br., S., C.); peacock's crest (rare); flame; ray (rare); point, tip, top; border (of a garment); daily interest (=-vriddhi): -gata, a. having a top-knot of a single lock (the rest of the head being shaved); -dâman, n. wreath worn on the crown; -½âbharana, n. crest ornament, diadem; -mani, m. crest jewel: --°ree; =pearl or crown of; -munda, a. shaven with the exception of a single tuft; -vat, a.flaming, burning; pointed; -vriddhi, f. interest growing like a tuft of hair, daily interest.
Denotes in the Satapatha Brāhmaṇa the ‘knot of hair’ worn on the top of the head. Wearing the top-knot unloosened was the sign of mourning in the case of women and men alike.
noun (feminine) (architec.) a tenon (Zapfen)
śikha-vṛddhi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a branch which takes root (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a crest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a fibrous root (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular part of a verse or formula (the crest of the verse compared to a king) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a peacock's crest or comb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a pointed flame (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a ray of light (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sharp end (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a tuft or lock of hair on the crown of the head (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any branch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any flame (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any root (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Celosia Cristata
end or point (in general) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various metres (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
peak (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pinnacle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
plume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
point (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
projection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spike (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
summit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the end or point or border of a garment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fever or excitement of love (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the head or chief or best of a class (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the nipple (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Jussiaea Repens (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the point or tip of the foot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
topknot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a crest-jewel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
jewel worn on the head (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the head or chief or best of a class (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a comet or the descending node (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a lamp (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular plant or tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a flame (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Commelina Salicifolia and other species (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Grislea Tomentosa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Methonica Superba (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) nalikā or nālikā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a barber's wife (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a little shovel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a passage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sickroom or the dwelling of the sick (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a small arrow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sort of pin or needle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a spindle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hoe (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
road (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spade (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
street (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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