शेखर

{ śēkharḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : पर्वत शिखर, सिर, मुकुट, सर्वोत्तम

A dictionary, Marathi and English

śēkhara m S A garland of flowers worn on the crown; a plume or crest generally.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  A plume or crest.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. डोक्यावरचा तुरा ; मुगुटावरील तुरा . [ सं . ] शेखरीभूत - वि . श्रेष्ठ प्रतीचे ; प्रमुख ; मुख्य . त्याकाळी त्या मगध देशास शेखरीभूत अशा नगरीचे पाटलीपुत्र हेच नांव सर्वतोमुखी होते . - चंद्रगुप्त २१ .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शेखर  m.  m. ( fr. or connected with शिखर) the top or crown of the head, [Kathās.]
a chaplet or wreath of flowers worn on the top of the head, crown, diadem, crest, [Hariv.]; [Kām.]; [Pur.] &c.
a peak, summit, crest (of a mountain), ib.; [Rājat.]
-ता  f. (mostly ifc.) the highest part, chief or head or best or most beautiful of ( f.), [Ṛt.]; [Caurap.]; [Dhūrtas.]

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ता

(in music) a partic. ध्रुव or introductory verse of a song (recurring as a kind of refrain)
भट्ट    N. of an author (with ), [Cat.]
of a grammatical work, ib.
शेखर  n.  n. cloves, [L.]
the root of Moringa Pterygosperma, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शेखरः [śēkharḥ]   1 A crest, chaplet, tuft, a garland of flowers worn on the head; कपालि वा स्यादथवेन्दुशेखरम् [Ku.5.78;] 7.42; नवकरनिकरेण स्पष्टबन्धूकसूनस्तबकरचितमेते शेखरं विभ्रतीव [Śi.11.46;4.5;] मगधदेशशेखरीभूता पुष्पपुरी नाम नगरी Dk.; शीर्षे च शेखरको नित्यम् [Nāg.3.2.]
A diadem, crown.
A peak, summit.
The best or most distinguished of a class (at the end of comp.).
A kind of Dhruva or burden of a song.
-रम्   Cloves.

Shabda-Sagara

शेखर  m.  ( -रः)
1. A garland of flowers worn on the crown of the head. 2. A crest.
3. The burden of a song.
4. Anything the best of its kind, (when used at the end of a compound.)
 f.  ( -री) A parasite plant.
 n.  ( -रं)
1. The root of the Hyperanthera morunga.
2. Cloves.
E. शिखि to go, अरन् aff.; the nasal omitted.

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शिखि अरन्