विशिख

{ viśikha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VIŚIKHA   A King of the birds. It is stated in [Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa] , that Viśikha was one of the sons born to Garuḍa by Śukī.

हिन्दी (hindi) WordNet

   See : बाण

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   Wanting the shenḍí or tuft of hair on the crown. Used by the Hindús of other nations.

मराठी (Marathi) WordNet

   See : बाण

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. १ यवन . - ख ५४७९ . २ इंग्रज . - पया १७५ . ३ बाण . - वि . शिखानष्ट ; शेंडी नसलेला . [ सं . वि + शिखा = शेंडी ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि—शिख  mfn.  a (or वि॑-श्°) mfn. devoid of the top-knot or tuft of hair (left on the head after tonsure), [VS.]; [AV.]; [Hcat.]

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वि शिख

   bald, unfeathered (as an arrow), [RV.]
   pointless, blunt (as an arrow), [R.]
   flameless (as fire), [R.]
   tailless (as a comet), [VarBṛS.]
   weak (?), [MW.]
वि—शिख  m.  m. an arrow (in general), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

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वि शिख

   a spear, javelin, [L.]
   an iron crow, [W.]
   a versed sine (= शर), [Gaṇit.]
   a sort of शर or reed, [MW.]
वि-शिख    b &c. See p. 952, col. 3.

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वि शिख

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विशिख [viśikha] a.  a. Crownless, crestless, pointless.
   खः An arrow; माधव मनसिजविशिखभयादिव भावनया त्वयि लीना [Gīt.4;] [R.5.5;] [Mv.2.38.]
   A kind of reed.
   An iron crow.
   (In Math.) A versed sine.

Shabda-Sagara

विशिख  m.  ( -खः)
   1. An arrow.
   2. An iron crow.
   3. A kind of reed. f. ( -खा)
   1. A spade, a hoe.
   2. A highway, a broad or carriage road.
   3. A very minute arrow, a sort of needle or spindle.
   4. A barber's wife.
   5. A sick room, or the dwelling of the sick.
    E. वि implying possessed of, &c., and शिखा a crest.

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वि शिखा

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WordNet

   See : अपुच्छ