śikhaṇḍaka m. a tuft or lock of hair (= śikhaṇḍa) Kālid.

• three or five locks left on the side of the head (esp. in men of the military class, = kākapakṣa, q.v.) W.

• a curl or ringlet MW.

• a peacock's tail Gīt.

• du. (accord. to Sch. n.) the fleshy parts of the body below the buttocks TS.

• (with mystic Śaivas) one who attains a partic. degree of emancipation Hcat.