Sekhara, Shekhara: 17 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚekhara (शेखर):—(vgl. śikhara)
1) m. a) Scheitel: nīlavasanasamalaṃkṛta (so ist zu lesen) [Kathāsaritsāgara 75, 41.] niśākāntakalākalita [120, 36.] — b) Gipfel eines Berges: astagiri [Kathāsaritsāgara 28, 189.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 72.] — c) ein auf dem Scheitel getragener Kranz, - Schmuck, Diadem [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 38. 3, 4, 30, 229.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 654. 7] (am Ende eines adj. comp.). [Halāyudha 2, 399.] śaśikhaṇḍa [Harivaṃśa 14835.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 32.] [Śiśupālavadha 4, 50. 11, 46.] [MĀLATĪM. 145, 8.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 50, 192.] puṣpa [?75, 73. Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 269. Vetālapañcaviṃśati in Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 10, 8. PAÑCAR. 1, 8, 8] (śesvara gedr.). Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6, 505,] [Śloka 18.] śekharāpīḍayojana (so Schol. zu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 45, 36]) unter den 64 Künsten [Oxforder Handschriften 217,a,5.] — d) am Ende eines comp. der Beste, Schönste: nṛpati [Caurapañcāśikā 45] (śeṣara gedr.). kṣatriya Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 26,] [Śloka 11.] kavi [Dhūrtasamāgama 67, 4. 11.] paramaśābdika [Oxforder Handschriften 188,a,13.] hāra [Ṛtusaṃhāra 1, 6.] kanakanūpura [3, 20.] — e) Bez. eines best. Eingangsverses in einem Gesange [SAM̃GĪTADĀM. im Śabdakalpadruma] laghu ebend. — f) abgekürzter Titel eines best. Werkes [BURNOUF] in [Bhāgavatapurāṇa I, LXXVIII.] —
2) f. ī Schmarotzerpflanze [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) n. a) Gewürznelke [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) die Wurzel der Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. alaṃkāra, indu, ugra (f. ā), gandha, candra, tuṅga, dhātu, pṛthu, rāja, vasanta, śaśāṅka, śaśāṅkārdha (unter śaśāṅkārdha), śaśi, śiva, śṛṅgāra, śaivasiddhānta, śmaśru, śaikharika fg.
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Śekhara (शेखर):—
1) c) śiraḥ [VĀMANA 2, 2, 14.]
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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Starts with: Shekharacaryajyotirishvara, Shekharajyoti, Shekharajyotis, Shekharaka, Shekharakapidayojana, Shekharane, Shekharapidayojana, Shekharata, Shekharavyakhya, Shekharaya.
Ends with (+89): Acarendushekhara, Agnishekhara, Aindushekhara, Alamkarashekhara, Alamkarendushekhara, Anangashekhara, Arkashekhara, Ashaucendushekhara, Asitabhrashekhara, Bhatta shekhara, Bhattashabdendushekhara, Bhavashekhara, Brihacchabdendushekhara, Brihacchandendushekhara, Buddhishekhara, Candrardhakritashekhara, Candrashekhara, Chandasshekhara, Chandrashekhara, Chhandashshekhara.
Full-text (+116): Agnishekhara, Candrashekhara, Shashishekhara, Gandhashekhara, Prithushekhara, Tungashekhara, Anangashekhara, Shikhishekhara, Shekharita, Indushekhara, Shivashekhara, Asitabhrashekhara, Shaikharika, Kurccashekhara, Shekharibhu, Devashekhara, Kurcashekhara, Kulashekhara, Shekaram, Shekharane.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 5 - The Influence of the Āḻvārs on the followers of Rāmānuja < [Chapter XVIII - An Historical and Literary Survey of the Viśiṣṭādvaita School of Thought]
Part 1 - The Chronology of the Āḻvārs < [Chapter XVII - The Āḻvārs]
Part 2 - The Philosophy of the Āḻvārs < [Chapter XVII - The Āḻvārs]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.120 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 10.71 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 7.111 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.5.35 < [Part 5 - Conjugal Love (mādhurya-rasa)]
Verse 3.4.33 < [Part 4 - Parenthood (vātsalya-rasa)]
Verse 3.2.8 < [Part 2 - Affection and Service (dāsya-rasa)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 39 - Treatment for indigestion (37): Raja-shekhara rasa < [Chapter IV - Irregularity of the digesting heat]
Treatment for fever (85): Chandra-shekhara rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Treatment for fever (80): Sudhamshu-shekhara rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Udaiyalur < [Chapter II - Temples of Kulottunga I’s Time]
Temples in Nagar < [Chapter X - Temples of Rajadhjraja II’s Time]
Temples in Magaral < [Chapter VI - Temples of Kulottunga II’s Time]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
4a. Kuṣṭha-roga (leprosy) in the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Bhāvaprakāśa (Āyurveda book) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
1a. Study of Fever (Takman) in the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]