शाखा f. af. See next.
शाखा f. bf. (
ifc. f(आ or ई). ) a branch (
lit. and
fig. ),
[RV.] &c. &c.
a limb of the body, arm or leg,
[Suśr.] a finger,
[Naigh. ii, 5] the surface of the body,
[Car.] द्वार-श्° a door-post,
[VarBṛS.] (
cf. )
the wing of a building,
[MārkP.] a division, subdivision,
[MBh.] ;
[BhP.] °खा-स्कन्ध m. the third part of an astrological
संहिता (also ,
m.),
[VarBṛS.] चरण a branch or school of the
वेद (each school adhering to its own traditional text and interpretation; in the
चरण-व्यूह, a work by
शौनक treating of these various schools, five
शाखाs are enumerated of the
ऋग्-
वेद,
viz. those of the
शाकलs,
बाष्कलs,
आश्वलायनs,
शाङ्खायनs, and
माण्डुकायनs; forty-two or forty-four out of eighty-six of the
यजुर्-वेद, fifteen of which belong to the
वाजसनेयिन्s, including those of the
काण्वs and
माध्यंदिनs; twelve out of a thousand said to have once existed of the
साम-वेद and nine of the
अथर्व-
वेद; of all these, however, the
ऋग्-
वेद is said to be now extant in one only,
viz. the
शाकल-शाखा, the
यजुर्-वेद in five and partially in six, the
साम-वेद in one or perhaps two, and the
अथर्व-
वेद in one: although the words and
शाखा are sometimes used synonymously, yet properly applies to the sect or collection of persons united in one school, and
शाखा to the traditional text followed, as in the phrase
शाखाम् अधीते, he recites a particular version of the
वेद),
[Prāt.] ;
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.
a branch of any science,
[Car.] a year,
[Śrīkaṇṭh.] पक्षान्तर = ,
[L.]