As a deity name
Name 836 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Readable by grammar as śikhā + mālā — “a wreath of a tuft or lock of hair on the crown of the head”.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
This spelling is readable by grammar as śikhā + mālā — that reading is the link between what you typed and the meanings shown here, and the analysis below is verified against the dictionaries member by member.
Caveats
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