Lemma: śikhā (f)
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- (architec.) a tenon (Zapfen) (MayaM)
- = śikha-vṛddhi (MW)
- a branch which takes root (MW)
- a crest (MW)
- a fibrous root (MW)
- a particular part of a verse or formula (the crest of the verse compared to a king) (MW)
- a peacock's crest or comb (MW)
- a pointed flame (MW)
- a ray of light (MW)
- a sharp end (MW)
- a tuft or lock of hair on the crown of the head (MW)
- any branch (MW)
- any flame (MW)
- any root (MW)
- end or point (in general) (MW)
- name of a river (MW)
- name of various metres (MW)
- peak (MW)
- pinnacle (MW)
- plume (MW)
- point (MW)
- projection (MW)
- spike (MW)
- summit (MW)
- the end or point or border of a garment (MW)
- the fever or excitement of love (MW)
- the head or chief or best of a class (MW)
- the nipple (MW)
- the plant Jussiaea Repens (MW)
- the point or tip of the foot (MW)
- topknot (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| worship |
20 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
18 |
| war |
17 |
| Alchemy |
17 |
| Mahābhārata |
15 |
| Bhakti |
12 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
10 |
| botany, plants |
9 |
| cūḍākaraṇa |
7 |
| Mīmāṃsā |
7 |
| Medicine |
6 |
| Lexicography |
6 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
5 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
5 |
| Buddha's life |
5 |
| godāna |
5 |
| narrative literature |
5 |
| pūjā |
5 |
| Zoology |
5 |
| dīkṣā |
4 |
| Skanda |
4 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
4 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
3 |
| avatāras |
3 |
| Kaṃsa |
3 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
3 |
| mantra |
3 |
| marriage, wedding |
3 |
| Rituals |
3 |
| dhanurveda |
3 |
| agnihotra |
2 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
| Śeṣa |
2 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
| linguistic speculation |
2 |
| cow |
2 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
2 |
| vrata |
2 |
| Pārvatī |
2 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
2 |
| army |
2 |
| subhāṣita |
2 |
| authority of the Veda |
2 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
2 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
2 |
| prāyaścitta |
2 |
| āśrama |
2 |
| Yoga |
2 |
| upanayana, initiation |
2 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
2 |
| Mahāyāna |
2 |
| dharma |
2 |
| Andhaka |
2 |
| Women |
2 |
| King, rājanīti |
2 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
2 |
| Gandharva |
1 |
| usury, lending money |
1 |
| Kālanemi |
1 |
| agnyupasthāna |
1 |
| Apsaras |
1 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
1 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
| caula |
1 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
| pravargya |
1 |
| arrow |
1 |
| āplavana |
1 |
| agniṣṭoma |
1 |
| paridhi enclosings |
1 |
| sattra |
1 |
| meteor, ulkā |
1 |
| altar, vedi |
1 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
1 |
| Jarāsandha |
1 |
| sacrificial fire |
1 |
| annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
| pātaka |
1 |
| Bharata |
1 |
| Language |
1 |
| Grammar |
1 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
| Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| Politics |
1 |
| Buddhism |
1 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
| Brideship and marriage |
1 |
| Materia medica |
1 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
| Genealogies |
1 |
| Trade |
1 |
| snāna, bathing |
1 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
| Nāga |
1 |
| Brahmin |
1 |
| Tantrism |
1 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
| Gaṇeśa |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
| good behaviour |
1 |
| rasāyana |
1 |
| Tāraka |
1 |
| Noun derivation |
1 |
| Agastya |
1 |
| Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| flare | dt. Flamme | 34 |
| knob | a round handle | 9 |
| fire | the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" | 7 |
| crest | a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal | 2 |
| śikhā [word] | the word śikhā | 2 |
| nipple | the small projection of a mammary gland | 1 |
| cockscomb | garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers | 1 |
| feather | the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds | 1 |
| point | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" | 1 |
| topknot | showy crest or knot of hair or feathers | 1 |
| Śikhā | name of the wife of king Vāsava | 1 |
| lock | a strand or cluster of hair | 1 |
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