शिखिन्

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शिखिन् n.  कश्यपकुलोत्पन्न एक नाग [म. उ. १०३.१२] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शिखिन्  mfn.  mfn. having a tuft or lock of hair on the top of the head, [AV.]; [Gaut.]; [MBh.] &c.
   one who has reached the summit of knowledge, [BrahmUp.]
   proud, [MW.]
शिखिन्  m.  m. a peacock, [RPrāt.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
   a cock, [L.]
    Ardea Nivea (a kind of heron or crane), [L.]
   a bull, [L.]
   a horse, [L.]
   ‘having flame’, fire or the fire-god, [Gṛhyās.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
   the number ‘three’ (from the three sacred fires), [VarBṛS.]
   a lamp, [L.]
   a comet, [VarBṛS.]
    N. of केतु (the personified descending node), [VP.]
   a mountain, [L.]
   a tree, [L.]
    Carpopogon Pruriens, [L.]
    Trigonella Foenum Graecum, [L.]
सितावर   a kind of potherb (= ), [L.]
   an arrow, [L.]
   a Brāhman, [L.]
   a religious mendicant, [W.]
    N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.]
   of इन्द्र under मनु तामस, [Pur.]
   of the second बुद्धि, [Lalit.]; [Kāraṇḍ.] ( cf. [MWB. 136 n. 1; 516])
   of a ब्रह्मा (with Buddhists), [Lalit.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शिखिन् [śikhin] a.  a. [शिखा अस्त्यस्य इनि]
   Pointed.
   Crested, tufted; एकवस्त्रधरो धन्वी शिखी कनकमालया [Rām.3.38.14.]
   One who has reached the summit of knowledge.
   Proud. -m.
   A peacock; उष्णालुः शिशिरे निषीदति तरोर्मूलालवाले शिखी [V.2.23;4.8;] [Pt.1.151;] [Śi.4.5.]
   Fire; रिपुरिव सखीसंवासोऽयं शिखीव हिमानिलः [Gīt.7;] न श्वेतभावमुञ्झति शङ्खः शिखिभुक्तमुक्तोऽपि [Pt.4.11;] [R.19.54;] [Śi.15.7.]
   A cock.
   An arrow.
   A tree.
   A lamp.
   A bull.
   A horse.
   A mountain.
   A Brāhmaṇa.
   A religious mendicant.
  N. N. of Ketu.
   The number 'three'.
   The Chitraka tree. -Comp.
-कणः   a spark.
-कण्ठम्, -ग्रीवम्   blue vitriol; तार्क्ष्यशैलं शिखिग्रीवं चक्षुष्यं यामुनं पुनः [Śiva.B.3.18.] -दिश् south-east.
   ध्वजः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
   smoke.
-पिच्छम्, -पुच्छम्   a peacock's tail.
-प्रियः   a kind of jujube tree.
-भूः  N. N. of Skanda.
-मोदा   a kind of plant (अजमोदा).
-मृत्युः   the god of love (मदन); Gīrvāṇa.
-यूपः   an antelope.
-वर्धकः   a gourd.
-वाहनः   an epithet of Kārtikeya.
   शिखा a flame.
   a peacock's crest.

Shabda-Sagara

शिखिन्  mfn.  ( -खी-खिनी-खि)
   1. Crested.
   2. Having a lock of hair on the top of the head.
   3. Proud.
  m.  ( -खी)
   1. Fire.
   2. A peacock.
   3. A bull.
   4. An arrow.
   5. A tree.
   6. A cock.
   7. KETU, the personified descending node.
   8. A horse.
   9. A mountain.
   10. A Brāhman.
   11. A lamp.
   12. A religious mendicant.
    E. शिखा a crest, &c., इनि aff.

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