Shikha, Śikhā, Śikha, Sikhā, Sikha: 32 definitions

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Shikha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.

Shikha has 32 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Śikhā and Śikha can be transliterated into English as Sikha or Shikha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Seekh.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Śikha (शिख):—(von śikhā) m. Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons: śikhānuśikhau neṣṭāpotārau [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 25, 15] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 35.]

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Śikhā (शिखा):—[Uṇādisūtra 5, 24] (oxyt.). f. am Ende eines adj. comp. als svāṅga f. ā gaṇa kroḍādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 56.] f. śikhī (!) gaṇa bahvādi zu 45.

1) Strähne —, Strang von Haaren, Haarbusch [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 48. 3, 37. fg.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 52.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 571.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 27.] [Medinīkoṣa kh. 6. 7.] [Halāyudha 2, 377. 398.] [Vaijayantī] bei [Mallinātha] zu [Kirātārjunīya 6, 2.] [ŚĀŚVATA] in [Oxforder Handschriften 182], a, [33.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 3, 3, 5.] [GOBH. 3, 4, 19.] pracṛttaśikhāḥ (so zu lesen) mit aufgelösten Haaren [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4, 2, 9.] śikhe vimuñcati [1,7,16.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 29.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2,174. 178.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1,31,16.] [Vikramorvaśī 127.] [Śiśupālavadha 4,50.] [Oxforder Handschriften 52,a,13. 269,a,34.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 27,19.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2,7,18] (die ed. Bomb. liest śikhāṃ, was durch śikhāyāṃ = = mūrdhni erklärt wird). [3, 22, 25. 5, 2, 9. 6, 8, 7. 9, 13.] [Pañcatantra 121, 3.] chadmamātraṃ kṛtvā śikhām [Mahābhārata 5, 5445.] arthakāmaḥ śikhāṃ rājā kuryāddharmadhvajopamām [12, 4359.] vitatamūrdhaja [Harivaṃśa 4511.] śikhābhirmuktābhiḥ [3598.] nijāṃ muktvā śikhām [Kathāsaritsāgara 5, 118.] bandhanīyā [119.] bandhana [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1022.] sragdāmapūritaśikha [Mahābhārata 1, 5974.] pāśa [Bharata] [NĀṬYAŚ. 20, 13.] suśikhāsamuccaya [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 20, 36.] lambaśikha [Harivaṃśa 2298. 14305.] pañcaśikha [Mahābhārata 10, 275.] āśikhaṃ bhuñjate śavasya piśitāśanāḥ [Harivaṃśa 15266.] —

2) Pfauenkamm [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 31.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 87.] [Vaijayantī] und [ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O.] śikhodbhedo barhiṇām [Mahābhārata 12, 10262.] [Harivaṃśa 10558.] —

3) Flamme [Amarakoṣa.1, 1, 1, 52. 3, 4, 2, 20.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1102.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 1, 65.] [Vaijayantī] und [ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O.] agneḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 11904.] agraśikhaḥ śikhī [4, 1710.] [Harivaṃśa 12293.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 94, 21. 3, 49, 34.] śikhāpi dīptaśikhasya vahneḥ [53, 60.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 2, 28.] [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 34.] [Spr. (II) 1519. 2447] (suśikha). [Śiśupālavadha 15, 7.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 28, 44. 8, 7, 15. 32.] śatahradā [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 34, 7.] pradakṣiṇaśikho hutabhuk [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 43, 32.] dīpa [82, 5.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 48, 11.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 28.] [Spr. (II) 2121. 4945.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 11, 8.] —

4) Strahl [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 2, 20.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] sphuradratnaśikhājāla [Kathāsaritsāgara 21, 85.] maṇi [Kumārasaṃbhava 2, 38.] —

5) Zweig (śākhā) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1119.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Vaijayantī] und [ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O.] —

6) eine faserige Wurzel (śiphā; śikhā in [Medinīkoṣa] Druckfehler) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O.] —

7) Jussiaea repens Lin. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —

8) Spitze überh. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Vaijayantī] und [ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O.] eines Pfeiles [MAITRYUP. 6, 24.] eines Baumes [Kirātārjunīya 6, 2.] eines Sternes, Kometen [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 6, 10. 11, 10. 12. 15. 18. 33. 43. 50.] eines Diadems [49, 5.] śirīṣapuṣpasya (= kesara Schol. in der ed. Calc.) [Raghuvaṃśa 16, 48.] cāmara [Śākuntala 8.] saṭā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 43.] jihvā dviśikhā [10, 16, 25.] valkala Saum [Śākuntala 14.] —

9) Kopf [Halāyudha 5, 13.] —

10) Brustwarze (vgl. stana) [Halāyudha 2, 371.] —

11) Fussspitze [Medinīkoṣa] —

12) Bez. eines best. Theiles eines Spruches (der Haarbusch des als Fürsten gedachten Spruches) [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 91. fg.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 303.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss 91 (36).] —

13) der beste in seiner Art [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] —

14) N. verschiedener Metra [Colebrooke 2, 155] [?(IV, 1). 156 (24). 165 (VI, 12). Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 319. fgg. 362. fg. 419.] —

15) Liebesfieber (smarajvara) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —

16) in gaja [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 12, 32] fehlerhaft für śālā . — Vgl. agniśikha, agniśikhā (Flamme auch [Mahābhārata 3, 2398. 15588.] [Spr. (II) 2310.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 40, 16. 19)], atharva, ucchikha (hellstrahlend [UTTARAR. 50, 12] = ed. [COWELL 65, 8]), kramaśikhā, triśikha (adj. bhrukuṭī [Mahābhārata 8, 1354. 13, 862] [mit der ed. Bomb. triśikhāṃ zu lesen]. [Harivaṃśa 10215.] dreiflammig [12292]), dīpaśikhā (in der ersten Bed. auch [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 67.] dīpaśikhodbhava von einer Lampenflamme herrührend: añjana [Suśruta 2, 333, 20]), dhūmaśikha, pañca, baddha, bahu, bhargaśikhā, mayūra, yamaśikha, yogaśikhā, rūpa, varaśikha, vahni, vidyucchikhā, viśikha, śailaśikhā, śvetaśikha, stanaśikhā, śaikha und śaikhāyani .

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Sīkhā (सीखा):—f. Nomen proprium eines Dorfes Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6, 512, 1 v. u.]

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Śikhā (शिखा):—[Sp. 179, Z. 4 v. u.] lies mūha st. muccaya .

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