Shikhandaka, Śikhaṇḍaka, Shikhamdaka: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śikhaṇḍaka can be transliterated into English as Sikhandaka or Shikhandaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚikhaṇḍaka (शिखण्डक):—
1) m. a) = śikhaṇḍa
1) [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 47.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 572.] [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 6] (am Ende eines adj. comp.). [UTTARAR. 82, 1 (105, 4).] [Śākuntala 59, 17] im Prākrit). — b) = śikhaṇḍa
2) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1320.] [Gītagovinda 2, 3. 12, 23.] —
2) f. śikhaṇḍikā = śikhaṇḍa
1) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 571.] [Halāyudha 2, 377.]
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Śikhāṇḍaka (शिखाण्डक):—m. = śikhaṇḍa
1) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 572.]
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