शिखण्डिन् [ śikhaṇḍin ] [ śikhaṇḍí n ] m. f. n. wearing a tuft or lock of hair , tufted , crested (applied to various gods) Lit. AV. Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  [ śikhaṇḍin ] m. a peacock Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pur. Lit. Kathās.

  a peacock's tail Lit. L.

  a cock Lit. L.

  an arrow Lit. L.

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

  N. of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa Lit. MBh.

  of a Ṛishi or Muni ( one of the seven stars of the Great Bear ; cf. [ citra-ś ] ) Lit. 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 Lit. ŚāṅkhBr. he has the patr. Yājñasena) Lit. MBh.

  of a Brāhman Lit. Lalit.

  of a mountain Lit. Cat.

  [ śikhaṇḍinī ] f. a pea-hen Lit. MBh.

  [ śikhaṇḍin ] m. the shrub Abrus Precatorius Lit. L.

  N. of a daughter of Drupada (afterwards changed to a male ; see above ) Lit. MBh.

  of the wite of Antardhāna Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

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