शेखर

Sanskrit

Related to शिखर (śikhara, “peak, top”).

शेखर • (śekhara) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)

the top or crown of the head
a chaplet or wreath of flowers worn on the top of the head, crown, diadem, crest
a peak, summit, crest (of a mountain)

Masculine a-stem declension of शेखर (śekhara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शेखरः śekharaḥ	शेखरौ / शेखरा¹ śekharau / śekharā¹	शेखराः / शेखरासः¹ śekharāḥ / śekharāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शेखर śekhara	शेखरौ / शेखरा¹ śekharau / śekharā¹	शेखराः / शेखरासः¹ śekharāḥ / śekharāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शेखरम् śekharam	शेखरौ / शेखरा¹ śekharau / śekharā¹	शेखरान् śekharān
Instrumental	शेखरेण śekhareṇa	शेखराभ्याम् śekharābhyām	शेखरैः / शेखरेभिः¹ śekharaiḥ / śekharebhiḥ¹
Dative	शेखराय śekharāya	शेखराभ्याम् śekharābhyām	शेखरेभ्यः śekharebhyaḥ
Ablative	शेखरात् śekharāt	शेखराभ्याम् śekharābhyām	शेखरेभ्यः śekharebhyaḥ
Genitive	शेखरस्य śekharasya	शेखरयोः śekharayoḥ	शेखराणाम् śekharāṇām
Locative	शेखरे śekhare	शेखरयोः śekharayoḥ	शेखरेषु śekhareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899) “शेखर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1088, column 2.