śikhaṇḍín mfn. wearing a tuft or lock of hair, tufted, crested (applied to various gods) AV. MBh. R.

• m. a peacock Kāv. Pur. Kathās.

• a peacock's tail L.

• a cock L.

• an arrow L.

• one who attains a partic. degree of emancipation Hcat.

• N. of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa MBh.

• of a Ṛishi or Muni (one of the seven stars of the Great Bear

• cf. citra-ś○) W.

• of a son of Drupada (born as a female [see śikhaṇḍinī], but changed into a male by a Yaksha

• in the great war between Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas he became instrumental in the killing of Bhīshma who declined to fight with a woman, but he was afterwards killed himself by Aśvatthāman

• in the ŚāṅkhBr. he has the patr. Yājñasena) MBh.

• of a Brāhman Lalit.

• of a mountain Cat.

• (inī), f. a pea-hen MBh.

• the shrub Abrus Precatorius L.

• N. of a daughter of Drupada (afterwards changed to a male

• above) MBh.

• of the wite of Antardhāna Hariv. Pur.

• of two Apsaras (daughters of Kaśyapa and regarded as the authoresses of RV. ix, 104) Anukr.