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śākhāशाखा(ā), f. See next.
śā́khā f. (ifc. f(A or I). ) 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.]
a door-post, [VarBṛS.] (cf. dvāra-ś°)
the wing of a building, [MārkP.]
a division, subdivision, [MBh.]; [BhP.]
the third part of an astrological Saṃhitā (also °khā-skandha, m.), [VarBṛS.]
a branch or school of the Veda (each school adhering to its own traditional text and interpretation; in the Caraṇa-vyūha, a work by Śaunaka treating of these various schools, five Śākhās are enumerated of the Ṛg-veda, viz. those of the Śākalas, Bāṣkalas, Āśvalāyanas, Śāṅkhāyanas, and Māṇḍukāyanas; forty-two or forty-four out of eighty-six of the Yajur-veda, fifteen of which belong to the Vājasaneyins, including those of the Kāṇvas and Mādhyaṃdinas; twelve out of a thousand said to have once existed of the Sāma-veda and nine of the Atharva-veda; of all these, however, the Ṛg-veda is said to be now extant in one only, viz. the Śākala-śākhā, the Yajur-veda in five and partially in six, the Sāma-veda in one or perhaps two, and the Atharva-veda in one: although the words caraṇa and are sometimes used synonymously, yet caraṇa properly applies to the sect or collection of persons united in one school, and to the traditional text followed, as in the phrase śākhām adhīte, he recites a particular version of the Veda), [Prāt.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a branch of any science, [Car.]
a year, [Śrīkaṇṭh.]
= pakṣāntara, [L.]
= antika, [L.]
śākhādaशाखादśākhā°da (°khāda), mfn. branch-eating
śākhā—°da m. N. of a class of animals (such as goats, elephants &c.), [Car.]
śākhālaशाखालm. Calamus Rotang, [L.]
śākhābhṛtशाखाभृत्śākhā—bhṛt m. ‘branch-bearer’, a tree, [Kir.]
śākhāṅgaशाखाङ्गśākhā°ṅga (°khāṅ°), n. a limb of the body, [Yājñ.]
śākhāmlāशाखाम्लाśākhā°mlā (°khām°), f. a kind of plant (= vṛkṣāmlā), [MW.]
śākhāsthaशाखास्थśākhā—stha mfn. standing or being on branches (of trees), [R.]
śākhāsthiशाखास्थिśākhā°sthi (°khās°), n. a bone of the arm or leg, a long bone, [L.]
śākhābhedaशाखाभेदśākhā—bheda m. difference of (Vedic) school, [W.]
śākhāśiphāशाखाशिफाśākhā—śiphā f. ‘branches-root’, a root growing from a branches (as in the Indian Banyan tree = avaroha), [L.]
a creeper growing upwards from the root of a tree (accord. to some), [MW.]
śākhābāhuशाखाबाहुśākhā—bāhu m. a branch-like (i.e. slender) arm, [Śak.]
śākhāmayaशाखामयśākhā—maya mf(I)n. (ifc.) consisting of branches of [Daś.]
śākhāmṛgaशाखामृगśākhā—mṛga m. ‘branch-animal’, a monkey, [MBh.]; [R.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
a squirrel, [W.]
śākhāpaśuशाखापशुśākhā—paśu m. a victim tied to a branch (instead of to a sacrificial post), [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
śākhāpurīशाखापुरीśākhā—pura, n. or śākhā—purī, f. = -nagara, [L.]
śākhāpuraशाखापुरśākhā—pura, n. or śākhā—purī, f. = -nagara, [L.]
śākhāvātaशाखावातśākhā—vāta m. pain in the limbs, [Suśr.]
śākhādhyetṛशाखाध्येतृśākhā°dhyetṛ (°khādh°), m. the reciter of a Śākhā, follower of any partic. text of the Veda, [MW.]
śākhāśrayaशाखाश्रयśākhā°śraya (°khāś°), m. attachment to a Śākhā, adherence to a partic. school, [ib.]
śākhādaṇḍaशाखादण्डśākhā—daṇḍa m. = -raṇḍa, [L.]
śākhākaṇṭaशाखाकण्टśākhā—kaṇṭa m. Euphorbia Nerifolia or Antiquorum, [L.]
śākhāntagaशाखान्तगśākhā°ntaga (°khān°), mfn. one who has finished one Śākhā, [Mn. iii, 145.]
śākhāntaraशाखान्तरśākhā°ntara (°khān°), n. another Vedic school, [Āpast.]; [R.] &c.
śākhāpittaशाखापित्तśākhā—pitta n. inflammation of the extremities (i.e. the hands, feet &c.), [L.]
śākhāraṇḍaशाखारण्डśākhā—raṇḍa m. a man who is faithless or a traitor to his Śākhā i.e. a Brāhman who has deserted his own Vedic school, [L.] (cf. -daṇḍa).
śākhārathyāशाखारथ्याśākhā—rathyā f. a branch-road, side-road, [DevīP.]
śākhānagaraशाखानगरśākhā—nagara ([MBh.]; [Hariv.]) or śākhā—naga°raka ([MBh.]; [MārkP.]), n. ‘branch-town’, a suburb.
śākhāsamānaशाखासमानśākhā—samāna N. of wk.
śākhāskandhaशाखास्कन्धśākhā-skandha m.
śākhāvilīnaशाखाविलीनśākhā—vilīna mfn. settled or sitting on branches (said of birds), [Kathās.]
śākhāmṛgatvaशाखामृगत्वśākhā—mṛga—tva n. the condition or nature of a monkey, [R.]
śākhāntarīyaशाखान्तरीयśākhā°ntarīya (°khān°), mfn. belonging to another Vedic school, [Bādar., Sch.]; [Madhus.]
śākhāpavitraशाखापवित्रśākhā—pavitra n. a means or instrument of purification fastened to a branch, [ĀpŚr.]; [KātyŚr.], Sch.
śākhāprakṛtiशाखाप्रकृतिśākhā—prakṛti f. pl. the eight remoter princes to be considered in time of war (opp. to mūla-prakṛti), [Kull.] on [Mn. vii, 157.]
śākhānagarakaशाखानगरकśākhā—nagara ([MBh.]; [Hariv.]) or śākhā—naga°raka ([MBh.]; [MārkP.]), n. ‘branch-town’, a suburb.
śākhācaṅkramaṇaशाखाचङ्क्रमणśākhā—caṅkramaṇa n. skipping from branch to branch, desultory study, [MW.]
śākhācandranyāyaशाखाचन्द्रन्यायśākhā—candra-nyāya m. rule of the moon on a bough (a phrase denoting that an object seen or matter discussed has its position or relation assigned to it merely from the appearance of contiguity), [ib.]
śākhāmṛgānīkapatiशाखामृगानीकपतिśākhā—mṛ°gānīka-pati m. ‘lord of troops of monkeys’, N. of Sugrīva, [MW.]
śākhāmṛgagaṇāyutaशाखामृगगणायुतśākhā—mṛga—gaṇāyuta mfn. filled with or possessed of troops of monkeys, [MW.]
śākhāntarīyakarmanशाखान्तरीयकर्मन्śākhā—°ntarīya—karman n. the (rule of) action belonging to another Vedic school, [MW.]
śākhāpuṣpapalāśavatशाखापुष्पपलाशवत्śākhā—puṣpa-palāśa-vat mfn. having branches and blossoms and leaves, [MBh.]