Deitystubschool: pan-indian· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Shikhin
Śikhin
dev-shikhinDefinition
Pada-deity of the NE corner of the BS plot scheme; the name (crested one) is a standard epithet of Agni, and Bhat glosses him as Agni at 53.50.
Classical
Prāṇa relevance
If Shikhin = Agni, inherits the Agni–jatharagni chain; head-position adds a fire-at-the-head datum. Not yet traced further.
Connections (1)
governs · 1
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhita53.43, 53.50–51Classical✓ verifiedNE corner pada; glossed Agni; on the head
Notes from other books
- brihat53.71 calls the 32-pada door series "analādīnām" — of Anala (fire) and the rest — confirming Bhat's equation Śikhin = Anala for the NE corner deity (he translates it "beginning with Śikhin"). 53.119 separately uses śikhin as a common noun for fire. The NE pada-deity is fire-named twice over in the root text. Sanskrit read visually for both loci.
Other attributes
- Roles
- ["pada-devata"]
- Mandala Positions
- [{"mandala":"man-vastu-81","position":"NE corner, outer ring, 1 pada","tag":"CLASSICAL"}]
- Limb
- head of Vastu Purusha (53.51, as Agni)
- Identification Note
- Identified with Agni by Bhat [MODERN] and general tradition [TRADITIONAL]; kept as a separate entity pending the merge decision in questions Q2. Variant readings reported by Bhat at 53.43 affect this corner.