pañca—śikha mfn. ‘5-crested’, having tufts of hair on the head (as an ascetic), [MBh.] (°khī-kṛta mfn. made an ascetic, [Bhartṛ.])
pañca—śikha m. a lion, [L.]
N. of a Sāṃkhya teacher (called also -muni, a pupil of Āsuri), [MBh.]; [VāyuP.] &c.
of an attendant of Śiva, [Kathās.]
of a Gandharva, [L.]