a. [śikhaṃḍo'styasya ini] Crested, tufted. m. A peacock; nadati sa eṣa vadhūsakhaḥ śikhaṃḍī U. 3. 18; R. 1. 39; Ku. 1. 15.

2 A cock.

3 An arrow.

4 A peacock's tail.

5 A kind of jasmine.

6 N. of Viṣṇu.

7 N. of a son of Drupada. [Śikhaṇḍin was originally a female, being Amba born in the family of Dru- pada for wreaking her revenge upon Bhi- shma; (see Amba). But from her very birth the girl was given out...