शिखण्डिन् — {śikhaṇḍín} mfn. wearing a tuft or lock of hair, tufted, crested (applied to various gods)##m. a peacock##a peacock's tail##a cock##an arrow##one who attains a partic. degree of emancipation##N. of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa##of a Ṛishi or Muni (one of the seven stars of the Great Bear##cf. {citra-ś})##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 he has the patr. Yājñasena)##of a Brāhman##of a mountain##({inī}), f. a pea-hen##the shrub Abrus Precatorius##N. of a daughter of Drupada (afterwards changed to a male##above)##of the wite of Antardhāna##of two Apsaras (daughters of Kaśyapa and regarded as the authoresses of ix, 104)
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