Shikhandi, Śikhaṇḍi, Śikhaṇḍin, Shikhandin, Śikhaṇḍī, Sikhandī, Shikhamdi, Sikhamdi: 33 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śikhaṇḍi and Śikhaṇḍin and Śikhaṇḍī can be transliterated into English as Sikhandi or Shikhandi or Sikhandin or Shikhandin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚikhaṇḍin (शिखण्डिन्):—(von śikhaṇḍa)
1) adj. einen Haarbusch tragend, cirratus: Gandharva [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 37, 7.] Rudra-Śiva [11, 2, 12.] [MUIR, Stenzler 4, 305, 6. 7.] [Mahābhārata 13, 1145.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 23, 4, 36.] Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa [Mahābhārata 12, 1511. 13, 6983.] fem. [Mahābhārata 4, 1195] (= mayūrapicchālaṃkāravatī [Nīlakaṇṭha][). 12, 8150.] śikhaṇḍinī apsarasau kāśyapyau Verfasserinnen von [Ṛgveda 9, 104.] auch [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 37, 4] ist vielleicht śikhaṇḍinīḥ voc. zu lesen. —
2) m. a) ein Name Śiva’s und als solcher Bez. best. erlöster Seelen (bei den Śaiva) [SARVADARŚANAS. 86, 2.] — b) Pfau [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 265.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 426] (wenn man citramekhale st. citrāmalekhe liest). [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 213.] [Halāyudha 2, 86.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 272.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 84, 21.] [Spr. (II) 4667.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 39.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 15.] [UTTARAR. 50, 13 (65, 9).] [Gītagovinda 12, 23.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 114, 132.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 27, 17. 51, 37.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 11, 3. 8, 15, 20.] gṛha [Mṛcchakaṭikā 76, 3.] [Spr. (II) 2352.] — c) Pfauenschwanz [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — d) Hahn [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — e) Pfeil [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — f) Abrus precatorius Lin. und gelber Jasmin [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — g) Nomen proprium eines Mannes mit dem patron. Yājñasena [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 7, 4] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 308.] ein Ṛṣi [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] (wenn man ṛṣi st. varṣi liest; [WILSON] nach ders. Aut. = citraśikhaṇḍin). [Oxforder Handschriften 53.] a, [16.] ein Sohn Drupada's, der den Bhīṣma erschlug; wird als Mädchen (daher auch) śikhaṇḍinī (genannt) geboren und von einem Yakṣa in einen Knaben verwandelt; nach einer anderen Sage nur einfach für einen Knaben von der Mutter ausgegeben. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 1, 525. 2453. 2761. 6323. 3, 594. 4, 2352. 5, 5100. 5942. fgg. 13, 7783. fgg. 14, 1781.] Nomen proprium eines Brahmanen [Rgva tch’er rol pa 361.] — h) Nomen proprium eines Berges [Oxforder Handschriften 53,a,18.] —
3) f. śikhaṇḍinī a) Pfauhenne [Mahābhārata 3, 11583.] — b) Abrus precatorius Lin. [Medinīkoṣa] [Ratnamālā 33.] Jasminum auriculatum [Medinīkoṣa] [Ratnamālā 174.] — c) Nomen proprium einer Tochter Drupada's, die in einen Knaben verwandelt oder für einen Knaben ausgegeben wird, [Mahābhārata 5, 7407. 7421. fgg. 7456. fgg.] Nomen proprium der Gattin Antardhāna’s [Harivaṃśa 82.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 106.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 24, 3.] — Vgl. citraśikhaṇḍin und śaikhaṇḍa fgg.
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Ends with: Chitrashikhandi, Citrashikhandi.
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