The Sanskrit term Yamaśikha can be transliterated into English as Yamasikha or Yamashikha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Yamaśikha (यमशिख) is the name of a Vetāla, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 121. Accordingly, as Mahendrāditya asked his messenger Anaṅgadeva: “...   when the demons saw the kāpālika slain they were all eager for flesh, and a fierce Vetāla, named Yamaśikha, came there. As soon as he came he seized the body of the kāpālika; then the first Vetāla, Agniśikha, said to him: ‘Hear, villain! I have killed this kāpālika by the order of King Vikramāditya; pray what have you to do with him?’”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Yamaśikha, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Yamaśikha (यमशिख):—[=yama-śikha] [from yama > yam] m. Name of a Vetāla, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Yamashikha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shikha, Yama.

Full-text: Thinthakarala, Dagineya, Kalavati, Shikha.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Yamashikha, Yamaśikha, Yamasikha, Yama-shikha, Yama-śikha, Yama-sikha; (plurals include: Yamashikhas, Yamaśikhas, Yamasikhas, shikhas, śikhas, sikhas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter CXXI < [Book XVIII - Viṣamaśīla]

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