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(H2B) [Printed book page 1062,3]
शाखा (śākhā) a (आ (ā)), f. See next. [ID=214949]
शाखा (śākhā) a (आ (ā)), f. See next. [ID=214949]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
शाखाśākhā
शाखा (śākhā) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of Skanda or his son, pongamia glabra, name of a place, see next, a branch, a limb of the body, arm or leg. Its 31 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Branch of a Tree or Plant, Body Limb, Extremity, or Animal Part, Component of Structure, Text, or Locality.
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Meanings by context
Branch of a Tree or Plant
10 definitions
a branch
(H2) [Printed book page 1062,3]
शाखा (śākhā) b f. (ifc. f(आ (ā) or ई (ī)). ) a branch (lit. and fig.), Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ID=214950]
शाखा (śākhā) b f. (ifc. f(आ (ā) or ई (ī)). ) a branch (lit. and fig.), Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ID=214950]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A branch of a tree
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 1039-a]
शाखा (śākhā)
1 A branch (as of a tree); आवज्र्य शाखा (śākhā)ः (āvajrya śākhāḥ) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 16. 19.
शाखा (śākhā)
1 A branch (as of a tree); आवज्र्य शाखा (śākhā)ः (āvajrya śākhāḥ) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 16. 19.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
see under nyaya
— चंद्रन्याय (nyāya)ः (caṃdranyāyaḥ) see under न्याय (nyāya).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A branch. 2. A limb, arm, or extremity. 3. A finger. 4. A species or subdivision. 5. A branch of the Veda or Vedic school.
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 311-1]
शाखा (śākhā) śā́khā, f. (—° a. ā, ī) branch (V., C.);
extremity, limb, arm (C., rare); finger (V.,
very rare); species, subdivision (C., rare);
branch of the Veda, Vedic school (C.). [ID=17710]
शाखा (śākhā) śā́khā, f. (—° a. ā, ī) branch (V., C.);
extremity, limb, arm (C., rare); finger (V.,
very rare); species, subdivision (C., rare);
branch of the Veda, Vedic school (C.). [ID=17710]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A tree branch. 2. An arm. 3. A party or faction. 4. A traditional recension or school of a Veda. 5. A section of a work.
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 713-28]
शाखा (śākhā) f. 1. A branch, especially of a tree, Megh. i.41, Rt. i.26; 2. an arm; 3. a party, a faction; 4. a school or traditional recension of any Veda, e.g. शाकलशाखा (śākhā) (śākalaśākhā), बाष्कलशाखा (śākhā) (bāṣkalaśākhā) &c. M. iii.145; 5. a part or section of a work. [ID=37419]
शाखा (śākhā) f. 1. A branch, especially of a tree, Megh. i.41, Rt. i.26; 2. an arm; 3. a party, a faction; 4. a school or traditional recension of any Veda, e.g. शाकलशाखा (śākhā) (śākalaśākhā), बाष्कलशाखा (śākhā) (bāṣkalaśākhā) &c. M. iii.145; 5. a part or section of a work. [ID=37419]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The branch of a tree. 2. An arm. 3. A part of an animal devoid of sensibility, such as a horn. 4. A division or sect. 5. A subdivision of the Vedas. 6. A part.
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 0940-a]
शाखा (śākhā) śākhā, f. 1. The branch of
शाखा (śākhā) śākhā, f. 1. The branch of
a tree, Pañc. 148, 5. 2. An arm. 3.
Any part of an animal devoid of sensi-
bility, as a horn. 4. A division, a sect.
5. A subdivision of the Vedas, accord-
ing to the different schools and redac-
tions of the holy writings, Windisch-
mann, Sankara, 112. 6. A part, Mālav.
d. 29. — Comp. Tri-śākha, adj., f. khī,
consisting of three wrinkles (viz. a
frown), MBh. 8, 4336. Skandha-, f.
the principal branch of a tree.
[ID=14574]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A tree branch or a limb, arm, leg, or finger. 2. A subdivision, species, or Vedic school.
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 542]
शाखा (śākhā) f. (adj. —° f. आ (ā) & ई (ī)) branch (lit. & fig.); limb, arm, leg, finger; ramification, subdivision, species, sort, branch of a Veda, i.e. Vedic school. [ID=32172]
शाखा (śākhā) f. (adj. —° f. आ (ā) & ई (ī)) branch (lit. & fig.); limb, arm, leg, finger; ramification, subdivision, species, sort, branch of a Veda, i.e. Vedic school. [ID=32172]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
branch
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 257-b]
śā́khā, f. branch. [ID=4162]
śā́khā, f. branch. [ID=4162]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
a branch of a tree
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 2-369]
Śākhā in the Rigveda1 and later2 denotes the ‘branch’ of a tree. Vayā is more often used in this sense in the Rigveda.
[Footnote: 1) i. 8, 8; vii. 43, 1; x. 94, 3.]
[Footnote: 2) Av. iii. 6, 8; x. 7, 21; xi. 2, 19, etc.]
[ID=3225]
Śākhā in the Rigveda1 and later2 denotes the ‘branch’ of a tree. Vayā is more often used in this sense in the Rigveda.
[Footnote: 1) i. 8, 8; vii. 43, 1; x. 94, 3.]
[Footnote: 2) Av. iii. 6, 8; x. 7, 21; xi. 2, 19, etc.]
[ID=3225]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Body Limb, Extremity, or Animal Part
4 definitions
a limb of the body, arm or leg
a limb of the body, arm or leg, Suśruta (Title) [ID=214951]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a finger
a finger, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) ii, 5 [ID=214952]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an arm
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 1039-a]
शाखा (śākhā)
2 An arm.
शाखा (śākhā)
2 An arm.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A part or division of an animal
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 1039-a]
शाखा (śākhā)
6 A part or division of an animal.
शाखा (śākhā)
6 A part or division of an animal.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Component of Structure, Text, or Locality
4 definitions
a door-post
a door-post, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) (cf. द्वार-श् (dvāra-ś)° (°)) [ID=214954]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the wing of a building
the wing of a building, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) [ID=214955]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the third part of an astrological Samhita
the third part of an astrological Saṃhitā (also °खा-स्कन्ध (°khā-skandha), m.), Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ID=214957]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A subdivision of a work
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 1039-a]
शाखा (śākhā)
4 A part of subdivision of a work.
शाखा (śākhā)
4 A part of subdivision of a work.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
General Division, Part, or Faction
4 definitions
the surface of the body
the surface of the body, Carakasaṃhitā (Title) [ID=214953]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A division or subdivision.
a division, subdivision, Mahābhārata (Title) ; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ID=214956]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
another side or alternative
= पक्षा (pakṣā)न्तर (ntara), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=214961]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A party, section, or faction
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 1039-a]
शाखा (śākhā)
3 A party, section, faction.
शाखा (śākhā)
3 A party, section, faction.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Scholastic Branch, Vedic School, or Religious Sect
4 definitions
a branch or school of the Veda
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 चरण (caraṇa) and शाखा (śākhā) are sometimes used synonymously, yet चरण (caraṇa) properly applies to the sect or collection of persons united in one school, and शाखा (śākhā) to the traditional text followed, as in the phrase शाखा (śākhā)म् अधीते (śākhām adhīte), he recites a particular version of the Veda), Prātiśākhya (Literary category) ; Manu-smṛti (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ID=214958]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a branch of any science
a branch of any science, Carakasaṃhitā (Title) [ID=214959]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A school, branch, or sect
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 1039-a]
शाखा (śākhā)
5 A school, branch, sect.
शाखा (śākhā)
5 A school, branch, sect.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A traditional recension or text of the Veda followed by a specific school.
शाखा (śākhā) [Printed book page 1039-a]
शाखा (śākhā)
7 A school or traditional recension of the Veda, the traditional text followed by a school; as in शाकलशाखा (śākhā), आश्वलायनशाखा (śākhā), बाष्कलशाखा (śākhā) (śākalaśākhā, āśvalāyanaśākhā, bāṣkalaśākhā) &c.
शाखा (śākhā)
7 A school or traditional recension of the Veda, the traditional text followed by a school; as in शाकलशाखा (śākhā), आश्वलायनशाखा (śākhā), बाष्कलशाखा (śākhā) (śākalaśākhā, āśvalāyanaśākhā, bāṣkalaśākhā) &c.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Proper Noun (Deity, Plant, Place)
3 definitions
an epithet of Skanda or his son
(H2) [Printed book page 1062,3]
शाख (śākha) m. N. of a manifestation of Skanda or of his son, Mahābhārata (Title) ; Harivaṃśa (Title) ; Purāṇas (Literary category) [ID=214946]
शाख (śākha) m. N. of a manifestation of Skanda or of his son, Mahābhārata (Title) ; Harivaṃśa (Title) ; Purāṇas (Literary category) [ID=214946]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Pongamia glabra
Pongamia Glabra, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=214947]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Name of a place
शाख (śākha) m. n. N. of a place, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=214948]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Miscellaneous or Specific Lexical Meanings
2 definitions
a year
a year, Śrīkaṇṭha-carita (Title) [ID=214960]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
near, close
= अन्तिक (antika), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=214962]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.