Shikhadhara, Śikhādhara, Shikha-dhara, Śikhādhāra: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śikhādhara and Śikhādhāra can be transliterated into English as Sikhadhara or Shikhadhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚikhādhara (शिखाधर).—a. pointed, crested. (-raḥ) 1 a peacock.
2) a Jaina deified saint. °जम् (jam) a peacock's feather; न नानुकम्प्य विशिखाः शिखाधरजवाससः (na nānukampya viśikhāḥ śikhādharajavāsasaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 15.42.
Śikhādhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śikhā and dhara (धर).
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Śikhādhāra (शिखाधार).—a peacock.
Derivable forms: śikhādhāraḥ (शिखाधारः).
Śikhādhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śikhā and dhāra (धार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚikhādhara (शिखाधर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) 1. Crested, pointed. 2. Having a top-knot. m.
(-raḥ) 1. A peacock. 2. A jaina deified saint. E. śikhā a crest, and dhara who has.
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Śikhādhāra (शिखाधार).—m.
(-raḥ) A peacock. E. śikhā a crest, and dhāra who has.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śikhādhara (शिखाधर):—[=śikhā-dhara] [from śikhā] mfn. having a sharp end or point, having a top-knot, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a peacock, [Kirātārjunīya]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Mañjuśrī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Śikhādhāra (शिखाधार):—[=śikhā-dhāra] [from śikhā] m. ‘crest-wearer’, a peacock, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śikhādhara (शिखाधर):—[śikhā-dhara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Crested, having a top knot. m. A peacock; a Jaina sage.
2) Śikhādhāra (शिखाधार):—[śikhā-dhāra] (raḥ) 1. m. A peacock.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryŚikhādhara (शिखाधर):—adj. pointed; crested;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Shikha, Dhara.
Starts with: Shikhadharaja.
Full-text: Shikhadharaja.
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