शिखिन् a. [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. -m. 1 A peacock; उष्णालुः शिशिरे निषीदति तरोर्मूलालवाले शिखी V.2.23;4.8; Pt.1.151; Śi.4.5. -2 Fire; रिपुरिव सखीसंवासो$यं शिखीव हिमानिलः Gīt.7; न श्वेतभावमुञ्झति शङ्खः शिखिभुक्तमुक्तो$पि Pt.4.11; R.19.54; Śi.15.7. -3 A cock. -4 An arrow. -5 A tree. -6 A lamp. -7 A bull. -8 A horse. -9 A mountain. -1 A Brāhmaṇa. -11 A religious mendicant. -12 N. of Ketu. -13 The number 'three'. -14 The Chitraka tree. -Comp. -कणः a spark. -कण्ठम्, -ग्रीवम् blue vitriol; तार्क्ष्यशैलं शिखिग्रीवं चक्षुष्यं यामुनं पुनः Śiva B.3.18. -दिश् south-east. -ध्वजः 1 an epithet of Kārtikeya. -2 smoke. -पिच्छम्, -पुच्छम् a peacock's tail. -प्रियः a kind of jujube tree. -भूः N. 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 1 a flame. -2 a peacock's crest.
noun (masculine) Ardea Nivea (a kind of heron or crane) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a bull (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a cock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a comet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a horse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of potherb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a lamp (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a peacock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a religious mendicant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an arrow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fire or the firegod (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gold
Marsilea Quadrifolia
name of a Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Indra under Manu Tāmasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Ketu (the personified descending node) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the second Buddhi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Plumbago zeylanica Linn.
Trigonella Foenum Graecum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the number "three" (from the three sacred fires) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of poison
one of the Malas of mercury (agni) Frequency rank 2513/72933
adjective having a tuft or lock of hair on the top of the head (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one who has reached the summit of knowledge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
proud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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