Shikhikantha, Śikhikaṇṭha, Shikhin-kantha: 4 definitions
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Shikhikantha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Śikhikaṇṭha can be transliterated into English as Sikhikantha or Shikhikantha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚikhikaṇṭha (शिखिकण्ठ).—blue vitriol; तार्क्ष्यशैलं शिखिग्रीवं चक्षुष्यं यामुनं पुनः (tārkṣyaśailaṃ śikhigrīvaṃ cakṣuṣyaṃ yāmunaṃ punaḥ) Śiva B.3.18.
Derivable forms: śikhikaṇṭham (शिखिकण्ठम्).
Śikhikaṇṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śikhin and kaṇṭha (कण्ठ). See also (synonyms): śikhigrīva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚikhikaṇṭha (शिखिकण्ठ).—n.
(-ṇṭhaṃ) Blue vitriol.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚikhikaṇṭha (शिखिकण्ठ):—[=śikhi-kaṇṭha] [from śikhi > śikhā] n. blue vitriol, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
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Partial matches: Shikhin, Kantha.
Full-text: Shikhigriva.
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