Shikhidhvaja, Śikhidhvaja, Shikhin-dhvaja: 6 definitions
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Shikhidhvaja has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śikhidhvaja can be transliterated into English as Sikhidhvaja or Shikhidhvaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚikhidhvaja (शिखिध्वज):—(śikhin + dhvaja)
1) m. a) Rauch (das Erkennungszeichen des Feuers) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 70.] [Hārāvalī 109.] — b) ein N. Kārttikeya’s [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) n. Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha [Oxforder Handschriften 77,b,32.] — śikhidhvajopākhyāna [354,a,38.]
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: Shikhi, Sikhin, Dhvaja.
Starts with: Shikhidhvajatirtha.
Full-text: Shikhidhvajatirtha, Cudala.
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Search found 4 books and stories containing Shikhidhvaja, Śikhidhvaja, Shikhin-dhvaja, Śikhin-dhvaja, Sikhidhvaja, Sikhin-dhvaja, Shikhi-dhvaja, Śikhi-dhvaja, Sikhi-dhvaja; (plurals include: Shikhidhvajas, Śikhidhvajas, dhvajas, Sikhidhvajas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter CII - Repose of sikhidhvaja in the divine spirit < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XCV - The anaesthetic platonism of sikhidhvaja < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XCIX - Remonstration of sikhidhvaja < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Laghu-yoga-vasistha (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
Part 10 - The Story of Kaca < [Chapter VI - Nirvāṇa-prakaraṇa]
Part 9 - The Story of Śikhidhvaja < [Chapter VI - Nirvāṇa-prakaraṇa]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 34 - The Greatness of Śaktibheda Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
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