śikhā शिखा – flame
substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Dictionary sources
AYI dictionary substantive feminine
flame
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
śíkhā ·f. tuft or braid of hair, a peacock's crest, flame, ray of light, top, point, summit, end.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
śikhā śikhā, f. (according to Uṇādi-s. V. 24. fr. rt. 1. śī; probably connected with rt. 1. śi), a sharp end, point, spike, peak, pinnacle, projection, top, summit, end or point (in general); the end or point of a garment; a crest, top-knot, tuft, plume, lock of hair on the crown of the head; a peacock's crest or comb; a pointed flame, flame (in general); the point or tip of the foot; a ray of light; a fibrous root, root (in general); a branch which takes root, any branch; the head or chief of anything, principal thing, acme; a kind of metre; a particular plant (= lāṅgalikī); the fever or excitement of love; [cf. Hib. sigh, ‘a hill.’]
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive feminine
śíkhā UṆĀDIS. 5,24 (oxyt.). f. am Ende eines adj. comp. als svāṅga f. ā gaṇa kroḍādi zu P. 4,1,56. f. śikhī́ (!) gaṇa bahvādi zu 45. 1〉 Strähne —, Strang von Haaren, Haarbusch AK. 2,6,2,48. AK. 2,6,3,37. fg. TRIK. 3,3,52. H. 571. H. an. 2,27. MED. kh. 6. MED. kh. 7. HALĀY. 2,377. HALĀY. 2,398. VAIJ._bei_MALLIN._zu_KIR. 6,2. ŚĀŚVATA_in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 182,a,33. ŚAT. BR. 1,3,3,5. GOBH. 3,4,19. pracṛttaśikhāḥ (so zu lesen) mit aufgelösten Haaren ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,2,9. śikhe vimuñcati ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,7,16. KAUŚ. 29. Ind. St. 2,174. Ind. St. 2,178. R. 1,31,16. VIKR. 127. ŚIŚ. 4,50. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 52,a,13. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 269,a,34. KATHĀS. 27,19. BHĀG. P. 2,7,18 (die ed. Bomb. liest śikhāṃ, was durch śikhāyāṃ = mūrdhni erklärt wird). BHĀG. P. 3,22,25. BHĀG. P. 5,2,9. BHĀG. P. 6,8,7. BHĀG. P. 6,9,13. PAÑCAT. 121,3. chadmamātraṃ kṛtvā śikhām MBH. 5,5445. arthakāmaḥ śikhāṃ rājā kuryāddharmadhvajopamām MBH. 12,4359. ˚vitatamūrdhaja HARIV. 4511. śikhābhirmuktābhiḥ HARIV. 3598. nijāṃ muktvā śikhām KATHĀS. 5,118. bandhanīyā KATHĀS. 119. ˚bandhana Verz. d. B. H. No. 1022. sragdāmapūritaśikha MBH. 1,5974. ˚pāśa BHAR. NĀṬYAŚ. 20,13. suśikhāsamuccaya BHĀG. P. 3,20,36. lambaśikha HARIV. 2298. HARIV. 14305. pañcaśikha MBH. 10,275. āśikhaṃ bhuñjate śavasya piśitāśanāḥ HARIV. 15266. — 2〉 Pfauenkamm AK. 2,5,31. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 2,87. VAIJ. und ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O. śikhodbhedo barhiṇām MBH. 12,10262. HARIV. 10558. — 3〉 Flamme AK. 1,1,1,52. AK. 3,4,2,20. H. 1102. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 1,65. VAIJ. und ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O. agneḥ MBH. 3,11904. agraśikhaḥ śikhī MBH. 4,1710. HARIV. 12293. R. 2,94,21. R. 3,49,34. śikhāpi dīptaśikhasya vahneḥ R. 3,53,60. ṚT. 2,28. RAGH. 17,34. Spr. (II) 1519. Spr. (II) 2447 (suśikha). ŚIŚ. 15,7. BHĀG. P. 4,28,44. BHĀG. P. 8,7,15. BHĀG. P. 8,7,32. śatahradā˚ R. 3,34,7. pradakṣiṇaśikho hutabhuk VARĀH. BṚH. S. 43,32. dīpa˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 82,5. MṚCCH. 48,11. KUMĀRAS. 1,28. Spr. (II) 2121. Spr. (II) 4945. BHĀG. P. 5,11,8. — 4〉 Strahl AK. 3,4,2,20. H. an. sphuradratnaśikhājāla KATHĀS. 21,85. maṇi˚ KUMĀRAS. 2,38. — 5〉 Zweig (śākhā) H. 1119. H. an. MED. VAIJ. und ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O. — 6〉 eine faserige Wurzel (śiphā; śikhā in MED. Druckfehler) H. an. MED. ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O. — 7〉 Jussiaea repens Lin. H. an. MED. — 8〉 Spitze überh. TRIK. H. an. MED. VAIJ. und ŚĀŚVATA a. a. O. eines Pfeiles MAITRYUP. 6,24. eines Baumes KIR. 6,2. eines Sternes, Kometen VARĀH. BṚH. S. 6,10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,12. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,15. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,18. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,33. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,43. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,50. eines Diadems VARĀH. BṚH. S. 49,5. śirīṣapuṣpasya (= kesara Schol. in der ed. Calc.) RAGH. 16,48. cāmara˚ ŚĀK. 8. saṭā˚ BHĀG. P. 3,13,43. jihvā dviśikhā BHĀG. P. 10,16,25. valkala˚ Saum ŚĀK. 14. — 9〉 Kopf HALĀY. 5,13. — 10〉 Brustwarze (vgl. stana˚) HALĀY. 2,371. — 11〉 Fussspitze MED. — 12〉 Bez. eines best. Theiles eines Spruches (der Haarbusch des als Fürsten gedachten Spruches) Ind. St. 9,91. fg. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 303. Verz. d. B. H. 91 (36). — 13〉 der beste in seiner Art H. an. — 14〉 N. verschiedener Metra COLEBR. Misc. Ess. 2,155 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. IV, 1). COLEBR. Misc. Ess. 2,156 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. 2,24). COLEBR. Misc. Ess. 2,165 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. VI, 12). Ind. St. 8,319. fgg. Ind. St. 8,362. fg. Ind. St. 8,419. — 15〉 Liebesfieber (smarajvara) ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — 16〉 in gaja˚ R. 5,12,32 fehlerhaft für śālā. — Vgl. agniśikha, agniśikhā (Flamme auch MBH. 3,2398. MBH. 3,15588. Spr. (II) 2310. SARVADARŚANAS. 40,16. SARVADARŚANAS. 40,19), atharva˚, ucchikha (hellstrahlend UTTARAR. 50,12 = ed. COWELL 65,8), kramaśikhā, triśikha (adj. bhrukuṭī MBH. 8,1354. MBH. 13,862 [mit der ed. Bomb. triśikhāṃ zu lesen]. HARIV. 10215. dreiflammig HARIV. 12292), dīpaśikhā (in der ersten Bed. auch RAGH. 6,67. dīpaśikhodbhava von einer Lampenflamme herrührend: añjana SUŚR. 2,333,20), dhūmaśikha, pañca˚, baddha˚, bahu˚, bhargaśikhā, mayūra˚, yamaśikha, yogaśikhā, rūpa˚, varaśikha, vahni˚, vidyucchikhā, viśikha, śailaśikhā, śvetaśikha, stanaśikhā, śaikha und śaikhāyani.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
śikhā Sp. 179, Z. 4 v. u. lies mūha st. muccaya.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
śíkhā f. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Strähne —, Strang von Haaren, Haarbusch. — 2〉 Pfauenkamm. — 3〉 Flamme Spr. 7846. — 4〉 Strahl. — 5〉 *Zweig. — 6〉 *eine faserige Wurzel. — 7〉 *Jussiaea repens. — 8〉 Spitze überh. (Chr. 292,17), Saum (eines Gewandes). — 9〉 = śikhavṛddha GAUT. 12,35. — 10〉 *Kopf. — 11〉 *Brustwarze RĀJAN. 18,40. Vgl. stana˚. — 12〉 *Fussspitze. — 13〉 Bez. eines best. Theiles eines Spruches (der Haarbusch des als Fürsten gedachten Spruches). — 14〉 *das Beste in seiner Art. — 15〉 Name verschiedener Metra. — 16〉 *Liebesfieber. — 17〉 N. pr. eines Flusses VP.² 2,193. Richtig śikhī. — 18〉 R. 5,12,32 fehlerhaft für śālā.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
śikhā [śī-khak tasya netvam pṛṣo˚; 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; Ś. 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 ray of light; Ku. 2. 38. 9 A peacock's crest or comb. 10 A fibrous root. 11 A branch in general, especially one taking root. 12 The head or chief of anything. 13 The fever of love. 14 The point of the foot. Comp. — kaṃdaṃ a kind of turnip. — taruḥ a lamp-stand. — dāman n. a garland worn on the top of the head. — dhara a. pointed, crested. — raḥ 1 a peacock. 2 a Jaina deified saint. ˚jaṃ a peacock's feather. — dhāraḥ a peacock. — maṇiḥ a crest-jewel. — mūlaṃ 1 a carrot. 2 a root having a tuft of leaves. 3 a turnip. — varaḥ the jack-fruit tree. — vala a. pointed, crested. — (laḥ) a peacock. — vṛkṣaḥ a lamp-stand. — vṛddhiḥ f. a kind of usurious interest daily increasing.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
śíkhā F. Haarbusch, Pfauenkamm; Spitze, Saum (eines Kleids); Flamme, Starahl.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
śikhā śikhā f. pointe; aigrette; mèche de cheveux nommée śikhaṇḍa; langue de feu, flamme aiguë; rayon de lumière; branche, branche poussant des racines. Au fig. chef; fièvre produite par une passion qconque. śikhātaru m. candélabre, chandelier. śikhādhara m. (dhṛ) paon. śikhāmūla n. carotte; turneps. śikhāvat a. (sfx. vat) qui finit en pointe. qui a une aigrette; etc. — S. m. le feu; Agni; lampe. Ketu, nœud descendant personnifié. — F. sansevière de Ceylan. śikhāvara m. (sfx. vara) l'arbre à pain ou artocarpus integrifolia. śikhāvala a. (sfx. vala) qui finit en pointe, qui a une aigrette; etc. — S. m. paon. — S. f. [ā] celosie crête de coq. śikhāvṛkṣa m. candélabre; pied de lampe. śikhāvṛddhi f. intérêt usuraire payable jour par jour.
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Occurrences in source texts (7)
GoS 1 occurrence
HP 1 occurrence
HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.14*2–17*1: Śītalī and Antaraṅgaka-kumbha 1 occurrence
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HTK 10.16 Segment 21
SiSa 2 occurrences
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