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sikhara

sikhara is the alternative form of shikhara.

Meaning of shikhara

Noun

shikhara (plural shikharas)

  1. A spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple.
    • The silver shikhara of the Eklingji Temple shone like the beam from a lighthouse.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 333

Forms of sikhara

pluralsikharas

Questions about sikhara

What is sikhara the alternative form of?
Sikhara is the alternative form of shikhara.

Words near sikhara in the dictionary

  1. siker
  2. sikerness
  3. sikes
  4. Sikh
  5. Sikh Empire
  6. sikhara
  7. sikharas
  8. Sikhdom
  9. Sikhi
  10. Sikhify
  11. Sikhim

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sikhara (page history and authors); shikhara (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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