śikhā

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[apte] [śī-khak tasya netvam pṛṣoº; Uṇ. 5. 24] 1 A lock of hair left on the crown of the head; Mu. 3. 30; Śi. 4. 50; Māl. 10. 6. --2 A crest, top-knot. --3 Tuft, plume. --4 Top, summit, peak; Ki. 6. 17. --5 Sharp end, edge, point or end in general; S. 1. 4; Bv. 1. 2. --6 The end of a garment; toyādhārapathāśca valkalaśi khāniṣyaṃdarekhaṃkitā; Ś. 1. 14. --7 A flame; prabhāmahatyā śikhayeva dīpaḥ Ku. 1. 28; R. 17. 34. --8 A...

[mw] f. (of doubtful derivation; prob. connected with 1. śi, to sharpen) a tuft or lock of hair on the crown of the head, a crest, topknot, plume S3Br. &c 1070,2 216632 f. a peacock's crest or comb MBh.; Hariv. &c 1070,2 216633 f. a pointed flame, any flame ib. 1070,2 216634 f. a ray of light Kum.; Katha1s. 1070,2 216635

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[śī-khak tasya netvam pṛṣoº; Uṇ. 5. 24] 1 A lock of hair left on the crown of the head; Mu. 3. 30; Śi. 4. 50; Māl. 10. 6. --2 A crest, top-knot. --3 Tuft, plume. --4 Top, summit,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

307

Texts Appeared In

71

DCS: an eminent or distinguished person | Monier-Williams: of a river ( prob. w.r. for SiKI ), VP.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 58 18.9%
2. Garuḍapurāṇa 30 9.8%
3. Rāmāyaṇa 27 8.8%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 25 8.1%
5. Haribhaktivilāsa 10 3.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: śikhā

  tebhyo 'nanteśādibhyas tṛtīyanetrāgniśikhānirdagdhasmaratarur bhagavān umāpatir

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: śikham

  jagrāha triśikhaṃ śūlaṃ jvalajjvalanalolupam

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: śikhaḥ

  dahann ūrdhvaśikho viṣvag vardhate vāyuneritaḥ