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sikhra

sikhra 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 sikhra

pluralsikhras

Questions about sikhra

What is sikhra the alternative form of?
Sikhra is the alternative form of shikhara.

Words near sikhra in the dictionary

  1. Sikhists
  2. Sikhization
  3. Sikhness
  4. Sikhote-Alin
  5. Sikhote-Alin'
  6. sikhra
  7. sikhras
  8. Sikhs
  9. sikhye
  10. Sikhī
  11. Sikiana

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sikhra (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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