Shikhandaka, Śikhaṇḍaka, Shikhamdaka: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śikhaṇḍaka can be transliterated into English as Sikhandaka or Shikhandaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚikhaṇḍaka (शिखण्डक).—[śikhaṇḍa iva-kan]
1) A lock of hair left on the crown of the head at tonsure.
2) Locks or tufts of hair left on the sides of the head; (these are three or five in the case of the Kṣatriyas); कुवलयदलश्यामस्निग्धः शिखण्डकमण्डनः (kuvalayadalaśyāmasnigdhaḥ śikhaṇḍakamaṇḍanaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 4.19.
3) A crest, tuft, plume.
4) A peacock's tail.
5) The fleshy part of the body below the buttocks.
6) (With Śaivas) One who attains a particular degree of emancipation; also शिखण्डिक (śikhaṇḍika).
Derivable forms: śikhaṇḍakaḥ (शिखण्डकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚikhaṇḍaka (शिखण्डक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. Locks of hair left at the time of tonsure; three or five locks left in children in general, or especially those of the military class, in which latter case, the hair is left in a semicircular patch on each side of the head, covering rather more than the temporal bones, and following much the same outline: see kākapakṣa. 2. The crest or lock of hair left on the crown of the head. 3. A peacock’s tail. E. śikhā a crest, aṇḍa an egg, and kan pleonasm, or aff. of comparison; also śikhāṇḍaka and śikhaṇḍa .
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Śikhāṇḍaka (शिखाण्डक).—m.
(-kaḥ) Hair left on each side of the head: see śikhaṇḍaka .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚikhaṇḍaka (शिखण्डक).—[śikhaṇḍa + ka], m. 1. The tail of a peacock. 2. The lock of hair, or crest, left on the crown of the head, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 105, 5; [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 59, 17 ([Prakrit]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚikhaṇḍaka (शिखण्डक).—[masculine] a tuft of hair or a peacock’s tail.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śikhaṇḍaka (शिखण्डक):—[from śikhaṇḍa] m. a tuft or lock of hair (= śikhaṇḍa), [Kālidāsa]
2) [v.s. ...] three or five locks left on the side of the head ([especially] in men of the military class = kākapakṣa q.v.), [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] a curl or ringlet, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
4) [v.s. ...] a peacock’s tail, [Gīta-govinda]
5) [v.s. ...] [dual number] ([according to] to [Scholiast or Commentator] n.) the fleshy parts of the body below the buttocks, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
6) [v.s. ...] (with mystic Śaivas) one who attains a [particular] degree of emancipation, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
7) Śikhāṇḍaka (शिखाण्डक):—[from śikhaṇḍa] m. = śikhaṇḍaka, a tuft or lock of hair, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śikhaṇḍaka (शिखण्डक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.
2) Śikhāṇḍaka (शिखाण्डक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Hair left on each side of the head.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚikhaṃḍaka (ಶಿಖಂಡಕ):—[noun] = ಶಿಖಂಡ - [shikhamda -] 1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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