As a deity name
Name 879 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
विशिखा · noun · feminine
कौटिल्य द्धारा उल्लिखित एक प्रकार की रथ्या । राज्य की वह बड़ी सड़क जिसपर बड़े बड़े जौहरियों तता सुनारों की दुकाने हों · कुद ल । फावड़ा · रास्ता । पथ — Śabdasāgara
विशिखा · vi-śikhā · s.f.
A minute arrow — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1194
Cited formation "विशिखा" is वि- + शिखा: शिखा means "flame", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "विशिखा" is विशिख + -आ: विशिख means "An arrow", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "विशिखा" is विशिख + -आ: विशिख means "An arrow", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a little shovel, spade, hoe
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "viśikhā" is the feminine form of "viśikha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
vi—śikhā (ā), f. a little shovel, spade, hoe, W.
a small arrow, ib.
a sort of pin or needle, ib.
a spindle, ib.
a passage, road, street, Suśr.; Hcar.
vi—śikha (or vi-ś˚) mfn. devoid of the top-knot or tuft of hair (left on the head after tonsure), VS.; AV.; Hcat.
bald, unfeathered (as an arrow), RV.
Alternative readings
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