As a deity name
Name 269 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
तीक्ष्ण · adj
तेज नोक या धारवाला । जिसकी धार या नोक इतनी चोखी हो जिससे कोई चीज कट सके । जैसे, तीक्ष्ण बाण · तेज । प्रखर । तीव्र । जैसे, तीक्ष्ण औषध, तीक्ष्ण बुद्धि · उग्र । प्रचंड । तीखा । जैसे, तीक्ष्ण स्वभाव — Śabdasāgara
तीक्ष्ण · noun · masculine
उत्ताप । गरमी · विष । जहर · इस्पात । लोहा — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(√ tij) sharp, hot, pungent, fiery, acid, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tīkṣṇa" is the vocative of "tīkṣṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
tīkṣṇa mf(ā)n. (√ tij) sharp, hot, pungent, fiery, acid, RV. x, 87, 9; AV. &c.
harsh, rough, rude, Mn. vii, 140; MBh.; R.; VarBṛS.
sharp, keen, Śiś. ii, 109; Pāṇ. v, 2, 76, Kāś.
zealous, vehement, L.
self-abandoning, L.
tīkṣṇā (ā), f. N. of several plants (Mucuna pruritus, Cardiospermum Halicacabum, black mustard, atyamla-parṇī, mahā-jyotiṣmatī, vacā, sarpakaṅkālikā), Npr.
a mystical N. of the letter p, Rāmat. i, 77
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