As a deity name
Name 15 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
a peacock
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śikhaṇḍine" is the dative of "śikhaṇḍin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śikhaṇḍin mfn. wearing a tuft or lock of hair, tufted, crested (applied to various gods), AV.; MBh.; R.
śikhaṇḍin m. a peacock, Kāv.; Pur.; Kathās.
Caveats
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