śikhin mfn. having a tuft or lock of hair on the top of the head Gaut. MBh. &c

• one who has reached the summit of knowledge BrahmUp.

• proud MW.

• 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 firegod Gṛihyās. Yājñ. MBh. &c

• the number 'three' (from the three sacred fires) VarBṛS.

• a lamp L.

• a comet VarBṛS.

• N. of Ketu (the personified descending node) VP.

• a mountain L.

• a tree L.

• Carpopogon Pruriens L.

• Trigonella Foenum Graecum L.

• a kind of potherb (= sitâvara) L.

• an arrow L.

• a Brāhman L.

• a religious mendicant W.

• N. of a serpent-demon MBh.

• of Indra under Manu Tāmasa Pur.

• of the second Buddhi Lalit. Kāraṇḍ. (cf. MWB. 136, n. 1 ; 516)

• of a Brahmā (with Buddhists) Lalit.

• (inī), f. a pea-hen R.

• cock's comb, Celosia Cristata L.

 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William