śikhin

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[apte] a. [śikhā astyasya ini] 1 Pointed. --2 Crested, tufted. --3 [Page1044-b+ 55] Proud. --m 1 A peacock; uṣṇā- luḥ śiśire niṣodati tarormūlālavāle śi- khī V. 2. 23, 4. 8; Pt. 1. 151; Śi. 4. 5). --2 Fire; ripuriva sakhī saṃvā- soyaṃ śikhīva himānilaḥ Gīt. 7; Pt. 4. 110; R. 19. 54; Śi. 15. 7. --3 A cock. --4 An arrow. --5 A tree. --6 A lamp. --7 A bull. --8 A horse. --9 A mountain. --10 A Brāhmaṇa. --11 A religious...

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a. [śikhā astyasya ini] 1 Pointed. --2 Crested, tufted. --3 [Page1044-b+ 55] Proud. --m 1 A peacock; uṣṇā- luḥ śiśire niṣodati tarormūlālavāle śi- khī V. 2. 23, 4. 8; Pt. 1. 151;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

175

Texts Appeared In

58

DCS: praise; eulogy; figuritive mode of expression

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 17 9.7%
2. Mugdhāvabodhinī 14 8.0%
3. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 13 7.4%
4. Rāmāyaṇa 9 5.1%
5. Rasaratnākara 8 4.6%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rasārṇava surface: śikhi

  kapotacāṣagṛdhrāṇāṃ śikhikukkuṭayośca viṭ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: śikhī

  eṣa krośati natyūhas taṃ śikhī pratikūjati

• Carakasaṃhitā surface: śikhi

  śikhitittirihaṃsānāmevaṃ piṇḍaraso mataḥ