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शिखण्डिनी, स्त्री, (शिखण्डश्चूडा अस्त्यस्या इति । इनि । ङीप् ।) यूथिका । गुञ्जा । इति मेदिनी ॥ द्रुपदराजकन्या । (यथा, महाभारते । ५ । १९२ । २ । “कन्या शिखण्डिनी जाता पुरुषो वै निवे- दितः ॥”) सा यक्षस्य पुंस्त्वग्रहणेन पुरुषो भूत्वा शिख- ण्डीति नाम्ना ख्यातः । एतद्बिवरणं महा- भारते । ५ । १९० अध्यायमारभ्य विशेषतो द्रष्टव्यम् ॥ मयूरी । शिखण्डिन्-शब्दात् स्त्रियां ईप्प्रत्ययेन निष्पन्ना ॥ (विजिताश्वराजस्त्री । यथा, भागवते । ४ । २४ । ३ । “अपत्यत्रयमाधत्त शिखण्डिन्यां सुसम्मतम् ॥” शिखण्डविशिष्टा । यथा, महाभारते । ४ । ३५ । १ । “सा प्राद्रवत् काञ्चनमाल्यधारिणी ज्येष्ठेन भ्रात्रा प्रहिता यशस्विनी । सुदक्षिणा वेदिविलग्नमध्या सा पद्मपत्राभनिभा शिखण्डिनी ॥”)

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

शिखण्डिनी [śikhaṇḍinī], 1 A pea-hen; बर्हाणामपरशिखण्डिनीं भरेण । आलोक्य व्यवदधतं पुरो मयूरम् ॥ Śi. 8.11.

A kind of jasmine.

N. of the daughter of Drupada; see शिखण्डिन् above.

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

शिखण्डिनी f. a pea-hen MBh.

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

(I)--the queen of विजिताश्व and mother of three sons. भा. IV. २४. 3.

(II)--(शिखण्डी-म्।प्।); the wife of Antar- धान, [Antardhi (Antardhana-वा। प्।), (Antarddhi-वि। प्।)] and mother of हविर्धान. Br. II. ३७. २३; M. 4. ४५; वा. ६३. २२; Vi. I. १४. 1.

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

ŚIKHAṆḌĪ (ŚIKHAṆḌINĪ I) : Rebirth of Ambā, daughter of the king of Kāśī. Ambā ended her life with the vow that she would take revenge on Bhīṣma and was born in the next life as the daughter of king Drupada under the name Śikhaṇḍinī, and Śikhaṇḍinī helped Arjuna in the war at Kurukṣetra to kill Bhīsma. (For the history of Ambā ending in two lives see under Ambā. Certain pieces of information not included under that head are given below).

(1) Śikhaṇḍinī was present at the wedding of Abhi- manyu in the city of Upaplavya. (Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 72, Verse 17).

(2) Śikhaṇḍī learned archery at the feet of Droṇācārya. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 192, Verse 60).

(3) On the first day of the great war a duel was fought between Śikhaṇḍī and Aśvatthāmā. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 46).

(4) Śīkhaṇḍī retreated from battle-field in fear of Droṇa. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 69, Verse 31).

(5) A second duel was fought by him and Aśvatthāmā. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 82, Verse 26).

(6) Śikhaṇḍī broke the arrow of Śalya with his divine arrow (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 85, Verse 29).

(7) He tried to kill Bhīṣma. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 108, Verse 45).

(8) Śikhaṇḍī attacked Bhīṣma at the instance of Arjuna. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 110, Verse 1).

(9) He followed that attack with many other attacks. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapters 114, 118 and 119).

(10) Sañjaya praised the prowess of Śikhaṇḍī to Dhṛta- rāṣṭra. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 10, Verse 45).

(11) Bhūriśravā and Śikhanḍī fought with each other. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 43).

(12) Śikhaṇḍī and Karṇa fought with each other. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 26, Verse 7).

(13) Śikhaṇḍī and Bālhīka fought with each other. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 96, Verse 7).

(14) In the fight that followed, Śikhaṇḍī was defeated by Kṛtavarman. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 114, Verse 82).

(15) Kṛpācārya defeated Śikhaṇḍī. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 169, Verse 22).

(16) In the battle that followed with Kṛtavarman, Śikhaṇḍī fainted. (Karṇa Parva, Chapter 26, Verse 26).

(17) Defeated by Kṛpācārya, Śikhaṇḍī had to run away for life. (Karṇa Parva, Chapter 54).

(18) Karṇa defeated Śikhaṇḍī. (Karṇa Parva, Chapter 61, Verse 7).

(19) Annihilating the army of Prabhadrakas Śikhaṇḍī fought fiercely with Kṛtavarman and Kṛpa. (Śalya Parva, Chapter 15, Verse 7).

(20) Śikhaṇḍī resisted the advance of Aśvatthāmā. (Śalya Parva, Chapter 16, Verse 6).

(21) In the fierce battle that was fought after the fall of Bhīṣma Aśvatthāmā killed Śikhaṇḍī. (Sauptika Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 65).

(22) Synonyms of Śikhaṇḍī used in Mahābhārata. Bhīṣmahantā, Śikhaṇḍinī, Draupadeya, Drupadātmaja, Pāñcālya, Yājñaseni etc.


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ŚIKHAṆḌINĪ (II) : Wife of Antardhāna born in the dynasty of emperor Pṛthu. The emperor had two sons called Antardhāna and Vādī. To Antardhāna was born of Śikhaṇḍinī a son called Havirdhāna, who married Dhiṣaṇā born in the dynasty of Agni, and the couple had six sons called Prācīnabarhis, Śukra, Gaya, Kṛṣṇa, Vraja and Ajina. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Chapter 14, Part 1).


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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

शिखण्डिनी स्त्री.
एक प्रकार की वेदि (एकादशिनी के लिए अभिप्रेत, इस अवस्था में यज्ञीय स्तम्भ = यूप दो भागों में आगे एवं पीछे की ओर लाए जाते हैं, आप.श्रौ.सू. 16.1०.8)।