[śikhaṃḍa iva-kan] 1 A lock of hair left on the crown of the head at tonsure.

2 Locks or tufts of hair left on the sides of the head; (these are three or five in the case of the Kṣatriyas); kuvalayadalaśyāmāsnigdhaḥ śikhaṃḍakamaṃḍanaḥ U. 4. 19.

3 A crest, tuft. plume.

4 A peacock's tail-