शिखण्ड

{ śikhaṇḍḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शिखण्ड  m.  m. ( cf. शिखा) a tuft or lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Daś.]
any crest or plume or tuft, [MW.]
a peacock's tail, [Vikr.]
a kind of plant, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शिखण्डः [śikhaṇḍḥ]   [शिखाममति अम्-ड् तस्य नेत्वम् [Tv.] ]
A lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure.
A peacock's tail; केकाभिर्नीलकण्ठस्तिरयति वचनं ताण्डवादुच्छिखण्डः [Māl.9.3.]
A crest; आलोकयति पयोदान् प्रबलपुरोवातताडितशिखण्डः [V.4.8.] -Comp.
-खण्डिका   the चूडाकरण ceremony; [Hch.1.]

Shabda-Sagara

शिखण्ड  m.  ( -ण्डः)
1. The tail of a peacock.
2. Locks of hair left on the [Page717-b+ 60] crown or the sides of the head, at the period of tonsure in chil- dren: see the next.
E. शिखिन् a peacock or any crested object, अम् to be or belong to, ड aff. and the form irr.

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शिखिन् अम् ड