शाखा

Definitions

• branch (literally and figuratively)
• a limb of the body, arm or leg
• finger
• the surface of the body
• a door-post (compare द्वारशाखा (tr=dvāra-śākhā))
• the wing of a building
• division, subdivision
• the third part of an astrological संहिता (संहिता) (also शाखास्कन्ध (tr=śākhā-skandha), m.)
• shakha: a branch or school of the Veda (each school adhering to its own traditional text and interpretation)
• a branch of any science
• = पाक्षान्तर (tr=pā-kṣā-ntara)
• = अन्तिक (अन्तिक)