The Sanskrit term Śikhivāhana can be transliterated into English as Sikhivahana or Shikhivahana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Wisdom Library: Elements of Hindu Iconograpy

Śikhivāhana (one of the aspects of Subrahmaṇya, according to the Kumāra-tantra) is to be of the colour of coral and to have a single face and four arms. In one of the hands there should be held the śakti and in the other the vajra, while the remaining ones should be held in the abhaya and the varada poses respectively. He is said to be the destroyer of the enemies of the gods.

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Śikhivāhana (शिखिवाहन).—Skanda with the peacock as his vehicle.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 54. 24; 101. 281.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śikhivāhana (शिखिवाहन).—an epithet of Kārtikeya.

Derivable forms: śikhivāhanaḥ (शिखिवाहनः).

Śikhivāhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śikhin and vāhana (वाहन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śikhivāhana (शिखिवाहन).—m.

(-naḥ) Kartikeya. E. śikhi a peacock, and vāhana a vehicle, the deity being mounted on this bird.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śikhivāhana (शिखिवाहन).—[-n], m. Kārttikeya, the god of war.

Śikhivāhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śikhi and vāhana (वाहन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śikhivāhana (शिखिवाहन):—[=śikhi-vāhana] [from śikhi > śikhā] m. ‘having a peacock for his vehicle’, Name of Kārttikeya, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śikhivāhana (शिखिवाहन):—[śikhi-vāhana] (naḥ) 1. m. Kārtikeya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shikhivahana in German

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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: Shikhi, Sikhin, Vahana.

Full-text: Subrahmaṇya.

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