1. ಶಿಖಂಡ

    ♪ śikhaṇḍa
      noun
    1. a lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure.
    2. the head.
    3. a comb, crest or feathered tuft on certain birds.
    4. a feather of a peacock.
  2. ಶಿಖಂಡಿ

    ♪ śikhaṇḍi
      adjective
    1. a having a lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure.
  3. ಶಿಖಂಡಿ

    ♪ śikhaṇḍi
      noun
    1. a man a having a lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure.
    2. a peacock.
    3. the non-venomous snake, Tortrix cylindrophis rufus, a short tailed earth snake with a depressed rounded head not distinct from the neck and a tail very short, conical an smooth at the end.
    4. name of a sage (one of the stars in the constellation Great Bear is personified as this sage).
    5. name of a character in Mahābhārata, who killed Bhīṣma.
    6. (fig.) a man lacking normal function of the testes.
    7. (fig.) a timid, courageless man; a coward.