شاكھا

शाखा śākhā, s.f. A branch, bough; an arm; a party, sect; a division, section, subdivision; a subdivision of the Vedas according to the different schools and redactions of the holy writings;—any part of an animal devoid of sensibility (as a horn, etc.):—śākhā-mr̤ig, s.m. (f. -ī), 'Branch-animal';—a monkey; a squirrel:—śākoććār (˚khā+uć˚), s.m. The relating a genealogy, stating a pedigree.